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Teaching Children About Physical Science: Ideas and Activities Every Teacher and Parent Can Use

Teaching Children About Physical Science: Ideas and Activities Every Teacher and Parent Can Use
By Elaine Levenson

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Levenson's text, "Teaching Children about Science" has been expanded into two volumes incorporating the latest teaching techniques. These companion guides aim to provide teachers and parents who have little or no science background with the tools to make science come alive for children. Activities tie into real-life experiences, encouraging children to become actively involved in the learning process. Each volume of these guides features: new chapters on animals, plants and ecology; new activities; expanded bibliographies; and complete teaching information with each unit. These editions should be of interest for teachers, parents, scout leaders, camp counsellors and anyone who works with children and wants to stimulate their interest in science. The second volume, "Teaching Children about Life and Earth Science", is also available (ISBN: 0-07-037655-7).

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #476090 in Books
  • Published on: 1994-04
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 208 pages

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Easy, Inexpensive, fun science for kids and adults.5
This book, along with its companion volumn, Teaching Children about Life and Earth Sciences, is a must have for anyone interested in doing hands-on science with kids. The experiments are easy, inexpensive, and don't require a Ph.D in rocket science. Both books are well organized, and have background information and suggested additional resources for further investigation. I have used both books in my own teachng, writing, and with my own children. For great science, you don't need to look any further.

Superb for both children and adults!...Dr. Kain5
Elaine Levenson takes teaching of elementary science to a new level. She is a kindergarten teacher who developed experiments and concepts from her own young classroom. Yet I know very few adults who could explain scientific phenomenon as well as Elaine. Each chapter contains a background which clearly explains the science behind the experiments. The experiments themselves are simple and require few materials. Elaine's approach of inquiry includes many questions to ask children during the experiments. In effect, the children learn by themselves. It's an outstanding approach since the science is neither "magic" nor are the explanations too advanced for young children...from The Science Spiders(TM) Newsletter.END