Primary science : extending knowledge in practice

✍ Scribed by Judith Roden; Hellen Ward; Hugh Ritchie; Dawsonera

• Publisher: Learning Matters
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 219
• Series: Achieving QTS., Extending knowledge in practice
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Still the biggest concern for many on initial teacher training courses is the acquisition of subject knowledge and the ability to translate that into effective teaching. This book addresses this - building on the core subject knowledge covered in the Achieving QTS series and relating it to classroom practice. It supports trainees in extending and deepening their knowledge of Science and demonstrating how to apply it to planning and implementing lessons. Practical and up-to-date teaching examples are used to clearly contextualize subject knowledge. A clear focus on classroom practice helps trai Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Part 1: Scientific Enquiry Introduction to scientific enquiry Investigative Skills Obtaining and presenting evidence Part 2: Life, processes and living things Humans and other animals Green plants as livings Variation and classification Living things and their environment Part 3: Materials and their properties Properties of materials Physical changes in materials Changing and making materials Part 4: Physical processes Electricity Forces and motion Light Sound The Earth and beyond
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A practical, standards-based text that extends and deepens subject knowledge and helps trainees turn that into effective teaching. Read more...