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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 | |