Primary science : teaching the tricky bits / / G.N. Rutledge.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Rutledge, G. N.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: vi, 201 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. How to use this book
• 3. How children learn
• 4. Ensuring an effective learning context
• 5. The relationship between science skills and knowledge and understanding
• 6. Developing an initial understanding of classifying materials and their properties
• 7. Developing an initial understanding of changes in materials
• 8. Developing a more advanced understanding of classifying materials and their properties
• 9. Developing a more advanced understanding of changes in materials
• 10. Developing a primary school model of thermal insulation
• 11. Developing a primary school model of magnetism
• 12. Developing an initial understanding of light
• 13. Developing a more advanced model for understanding light
• 14. Developing primary school models of Earth and beyond
• 15. Developing a primary school model of sound
• 16. Developing an initial understanding of what goes on in a simple circuit
• 17. Developing a more advanced understanding of what goes on in a simple circuit
• 18. Developing an initial understanding of forces
• 19. Developing a more advanced understanding of forces
• 20. Developing an initial understanding of life processes and living things
• 21. Developing a more advanced understanding of life processes and living things.