Connecting with Science Education - 2nd Edition (Print & Digital)

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Connecting with Science Education, second edition, supports pre-service teachers as they enter the professional world by connecting theory to practice. It meets the requirements of the Australian Curriculum while incorporating STEM and Indigenous science knowledge; and has a balanced coverage of biological, physical and chemical sciences, with some mathematics. With plenty of practical classroom-based activities, this new edition encourages pre-service teachers to be creative in their teaching and to stimulate curiosity about science in themselves and their students.

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New to This Edition

• New co-editor, Nathaniel Doidge adds practical teaching experience to Part Two: Turning Theory into Practice
• Revised chapters on theory and practices to support pre-service teachers in the preparation of lessons about science
• New Part Two with activities that focus on science content and how to teach it
• Clearer, more explicit links to the Australian Curriculum
• Lecturer and student resources that reinforce and extend learning including videos, weblinks, multiple choice questions and PowerPoint slides.

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Contents

PART 1: LINKING THEORY TO PRACTICE

• 1. What is Science?
• 2. Becoming Explorers of Our World: The Purpose of Science Education
• 3. Making Connections with the Students’ World
• 4. Engaging the Australian Curriculum
• 5. Reconnecting Students with Science
• 6. Planning Creative and Effective Science Lessons
• 7. Why We Teach Literacy in Science
• 8. The What, Why, Who, Where and When of Assessment

PART 2: TURNING THEORY INTO PRACTICE

• 9. Introducing Science Content
• 10. Living Things
  • Inside Living things
  • Observing Living Things
  • Sorting it Out: Using Tables, Flow Charts, Keys and Concept Maps
  • Exploring Ecosystems
• 11. Chemical Sciences
  • Atoms, Molecules and Compounds
  • Physical or Chemical Change
  • States of Matter
  • Mixtures and separations
  • Chemicals in Our Daily Lives (1)
  • Chemicals in Our Daily Lives (2)
• 12. Earth and Space Sciences
  • Our Solar System
  • Sun, Earth and Moon
  • Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Hotspots
  • Rocks
  • The Water Cycle
  • Sustainability
• 13. Physical Sciences
  • Investigating Light
  • Electric Circuits
  • Contact and Non-contact Forces
  • Newton’s Laws
  • Heat and Heat Transfer