Teaching Children Science includes everything you'll need to effectively teach beginning science. You'll learn how to inspire children to experience science through the joys and challenges of inquiry and discovery. Topics include earth, space, life and the physical sciences.

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Don DeRosa, Ed.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor at Boston University School of Education where he teaches science teaching methods to elementary and secondary education pre-service teachers.

Joseph Abruscato is a former public school science teacher and Science Methods professor retired from University of Vermont. He has also wrote or co-authored a variety of materials for teachers and students including Teaching Children Science: Discovery Methods for the Elementary and Middle Grades, 3rd Edition, and The Whole Cosmos Catalog of Science Activities.

PART ONE: Strategies and Techniques
1. Inquiry: The Path; Discovery: The Destination
2. Science Practices and Inquiry Process Skills
3. Planning Units and Lessons
4. Creating Environments for Discovery
5. Assessment of Understanding and Inquiry
6. Integrating Science and Engineering

PART TWO: Content Knowledge for Earth/Space Sciences, Life Sciences, and Physical Sciences
7. Earth and Space Science
8. The Cosmos
9. Living Things
10. The Human Body
11. Matter and Motion
12. Energy, Technology/Engineering