Science Experiences

Download or read book Science Experiences written by Jack Hassard and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 1990 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instruction manual for teachers which discusses methods and philosophies of teaching science. Part 1 presents an overview of science teaching and suggest how science should be taught in our classrooms to reflect direct, experiential learning. Part 2 consists of 8 science teaching units for students in grades 4 through 9, in a framework based on experiential and cooperative learning. The 8 units include student and teacher information, and reproducible pages for classroom use. The author uses three themes in the lessons: ecology, cooperative learning and whole-brain learning.