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Preface | |
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Factors Which Influence Your Science Teaching Philosophy | |
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Why Teach Science to Young Children? | |
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Your Personal Context | |
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Who Are You and How Do You Feel About Science? | |
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What Is Your Teaching and Learning Style? | |
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What Are Your Views On Science and Scientists? | |
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What Were Your Early Experiences With Science? | |
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Science Education Then and Now | |
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How has science education changed since the 1950s? | |
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How Young Children Learn and Think about Science | |
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Can You Recall Your First Experience With Science? | |
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What Are Your Children's Views of Science and Scientists? | |
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What Does Research Say About How Young Children View Science and Scientists? | |
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What is Science? | |
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What Are K-2 Children's Ideas About Science? | |
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How Do Young Children Learn Science? | |
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Children's Understandings of Physical Properties | |
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Children's Understandings of Animals | |
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Children's Understandings of Plants | |
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Children's Understandings of Earth Science | |
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What Are Some Common Misconceptions In Your Science Classroom? | |
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Your Children and Science Learning | |
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Who Are Your Children? | |
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What Are Your Class' Demographics? | |
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How Can You Develop A Cultural Understanding of Your Children? | |
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How Can You Use Your Children's Lived Experiences to Inform Your Teaching? | |
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What Are Your Expectations For Your Children? | |
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How Can You Help Your K-2 Children Succeed In Science? | |
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The Inquiry Approach to Teaching and Learning Science | |
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What Is Scientific Inquiry? | |
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How Can You Develop Inquiry Skills? | |
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What Are Some Inquiry-Based Teaching Strategies? | |
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Guided Discovery | |
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Problem-Based Learning | |
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How Can You Use Process Skills In Inquiry Teaching? | |
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How Do You Use Process Skills In Your Daily Life? | |
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Exploring Process Skills | |
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How can you develop Observation skills? | |
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How can you develop measuring skills? | |
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How can you develop communication skills? | |
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How can you develop classification skills? | |
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Classy Classification | |
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How can you develop inference-making skills? | |
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How Well Do You Know the Process Skills? | |
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Establishing Your Science Program | |
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What Are the BIG IDEAS In Science? | |
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What Concepts Should You Include In Your Curriculum? | |
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How Do You Build An Effective Science Learning Environment? | |
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How Can You Set Up Your Classroom For Science? | |
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Resources You Can Use in Your Science Teaching | |
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What resources are available for teaching K-2 science? | |
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You | |
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Scientists | |
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Non Formal Institutions | |
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Zoos | |
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Museums | |
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Aquariums | |
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Farms | |
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Parents | |
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Journals and Books | |
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Internet | |
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Education Program | |
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Developing Your Plan For Teaching | |
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Where Am I In My Development As A Science Teacher? | |
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Where Am I Going In My Science Teaching Practice? | |
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State Standards | |
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City/District Standards | |
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School Standards | |
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Classroom Standards | |
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How Do I Plan to Be An Effective Science Teacher? | |
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Beginning the Plan | |
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Rationale For Teaching A Topic | |
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What are my goals for teaching this lesson? | |
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Terms that will help you define Your Science Teaching Goals | |
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Deciding On My Mode of Science Instruction | |
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Organizing My Class | |
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Curriculum Development | |
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Ideas From Other Science Teachers | |
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Developing My Own Plan | |
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How Will I Know When I Have Arrived At My Best Level of Practice? | |
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The National Science Education Standards and Benchmarks | |
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What are the standards for K-4 science content? | |
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What are the goals for school science? | |
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What are the Standards For K-4 Science Content? | |
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What are the Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy? | |
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Science Content Information For K-2 | |
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Properties of Objects | |
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Plants | |
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Animals | |
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Weather and Water | |
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Properties of Matter | |
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Weather and Seasons | |
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Animal Diversity | |
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Forces and Motion | |
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Soil | |
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Plant Diversity | |
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Life Sciences | |
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References | |