Description
Book SynopsisPractical Ideas for Teaching Primary Science is a fun and interactive guide which supports teachers to design and deliver enjoyable science lessons. Peter Loxley explores different scientific topics from growing plants and nutrition to forces and magnetism with an emphasis on story-telling and art to help children share their ideas and work collaboratively in the classroom. This practical guide uses a three-stage framework design to encourage and guide sociocultural practice across three levels: KS1 (57), lower KS2 (79) and upper KS2 (911). The ideas for practice are placed in engaging and significant contexts to encourage curiosity and enquiry and, most importantly, promote feelings of pleasure and satisfaction from science learning. Teachers are guided through hands-on puzzles and activities such as role-play and design and technology tasks both inside and outside of the classroom, with health and safety aspects highlighted throughout, to inspire children's interest in
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"Invaluable for teachers at any stage of their career, this book will refresh and enliven science teaching and give plenty of ideas to stimulate discussion throughout the primary school."—Parentsintouch.co.uk
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1: The Nature of Science Learning
(Chapters 2-14: Ideas for Practice)
Chapter 2: Earth and Space
Chapter 3: The Seasons
Chapter 4: Plants
Chapter 5: Animals Including Humans
Chapter 6: Keeping Health
Chapter 7: Living Things and their Habitats
Chapter 8: Evolution and Inheritance
Chapter 9: Rocks
Chapter 10: Properties of Materials
Chapter 11: Light
Chapter 12: Forces and Magnetism
Chapter 13: Sound
Chapter 14: Electricity
Features of the ‘Ideas for Practice’ chapters will include:
- scientific stories and progression
- setting the scene for learning
- promoting classroom talk
- staged approach to science learning
- assessment
