Substantially rewritten to focus on inquiry teaching and learning as espoused in the National Science Education Standards, the new edition of Science in Elementary Education: Methods, Concepts, and Inquiries will prepare pre-service teachers to plan, facilitate, adapt, and assess inquiry experiences consistent with today’s science classroom. It accomplishes this by implementing the 6E model of inquiry teaching, addressing the planning and needs of inquiry teachi… More >>
#1 by Kaylee Mangold on July 2, 2010 - 1:23 pm
I purchased this book because it was required for my Science in Elementary class. I love the layout of this book, and I like that it is informative but not boring. This text is very easy to understand and provides examples of real world applications that teachers across the country use when teaching this subject. It also provides meaningful and easy science application experiments and includes a copy of the national standards, of which are extremely helpful when writing units and lesson plans.
Rating: 5 / 5