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Place-Based Science Teaching and Learning
40 Activities for K-8 Classrooms
First Edition
- Cory A. Buxton - Oregon State University, USA, University of Georgia, Athens, USA, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA, University of New Orleans, USA
- Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. - University of Miami, USA
June 2011 | 248 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Place-Based Science Teaching and Learning: 40 Activities for K-8 Classrooms address the challenges facing primary and secondary school teachers as they attempt to make science learning relevant to their students. The text provides teachers with a rationale and a set of example activities for teaching science in a local context. Teaching and learning science using this approach will help students to engage with science learning and come to understand the importance of science in their everyday lives.
Preface
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
Supplements
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Special Education, Bowling Green State University
February 14, 2013
