Place-Based Science Teaching and Learning: 40 Activities for K-8 Classrooms [Paperback]

Forty classroom-ready science teaching and learning activities for elementary and middle school teachers

Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides elementary and middle school teachers with 40 place-based activities that will help them to make science learning relevant to their students. This text provides teachers with both a rationale and a set of strategies and activities for teaching science in a local context to help students engage with science learning and come to understand the importance of science in their everyday lives.

Practical guidance for teachers to bring science alive for their students and help children engage with science in everyday life.I would very likely use this book for my course - as previously stated, its easy reading. Activities are simple for students&Its a win-win situation for all teachers and students.Other Sage text was more appropriate to my coursePreface
Introduction to Place-Based Science Teaching and Learning
Part I: Activities to Promote Place-Based Science Teaching in the Classroom
Part II: Activities to Promote Place-Based Science Teaching in the School Building
Part III: Activities to Promote Place-Based Science Teaching on the School Grounds
Part IV: Activities to Promote Place-Based Science Teaching in the Neighborhood
Part V: Activities to Promote Place-Based Science Teaching the Broader Community
Conclusion
Appendix: Resources for Place-Based Science Teaching and Learning