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

Courses:
Science Methods

June 2012 | 248 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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.

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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

Other Sage text was more appropriate to my course

Dr David Hampton

Special Education, Bowling Green State University

February 14, 2013

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Key features

Key Features:

Provides the basic science background needed to maximize the activities and support both teachers and students in expanding their science content knowledge
Cultural and social connections highlight the relationship between science and society and contextualizes the place-based science activities
Thinking like a scientist pedagogical feature highlights key inquiry processes that are fundamental to practicing science
Grade level modifications provide examples of suggestions for how teachers can modify the activities to make them more appropriate for lower elementary, upper elementary and middle grades students
Interdisciplinary connections guide teachers on how to use these standards-based activities to connect science learning to the other content areas in the curriculum

Sample Materials & Chapters

Introduction to Place-Based Science Teaching and Learning

Part II: Activities to Promote Place-Based Science Teaching in the School Buildi

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Place-Based Science Teaching and Learning
40 Activities for K-8 Classrooms

Sample Materials & Chapters

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