Langbeschreibung
Now in its Third Edition, this text provides the background knowledge primary teachers need to plan effective programmes of work and answer children's questions with confidence. The new edition links explanations of scientific concepts with children's everyday experiences to help teachers and trainees foresee how they will present the subject knowledge to their pupils.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
PART ONE: DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGEHelping Children to Become ScientificPART TWO: LIFE PROCESSES AND LIVING THINGSLife processesHumans and Other AnimalsPlantsVariation, Classification, Adaption and the EnvironmentPART THREE: MATERIALS AND THEIR PROPERTIESMatter Grouping and Classifying MaterialsChanging, Combining and Separating MaterialsPART FOUR: PHYSICAL PROCESSESElectricityForces and MotionGravity and MagnetismSound and LightThe Earth and Beyond