Description
If you’re short on science background, specialized equipment, or both, you’ll find Teaching Science with Everyday Things to be a simple and understandable book of lessons. It integrates science and math into dozens of hands-on activities that encourage students to seek answers through observation and experimentation. Among the broad range of topics covered: measuring and estimating, air and weather, plants and animals, forces, sound, electricity, magnets, light, heat, and astronomy. True to its title, Teaching Science with Everyday Things is a great source of firsthand experiences that teach life, Earth, and physical sciences without requiring unusual, elaborate, or expensive apparatus and materials. “A great reference source of suggestions. The beautifully spiral bound presentation invites the educator to find new and innovative ways to teach science concepts with a constructivist approach.