Primary Science: Extending Knowledge in Practice

Judith Roden - Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Hellen Ward - Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Hugh Ritchie - Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
May 2020 | 224 pages | Learning Matters
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Still the biggest concern for many on initial teacher training courses is the acquisition of subject knowledge and the ability to translate that into effective teaching. This book addresses this - building on the core subject knowledge covered in the Achieving QTS series and relating it to classroom practice. It supports trainees in extending and deepening their knowledge of Science and demonstrating how to apply it to planning and implementing lessons. Practical and up-to-date teaching examples are used to clearly contextualize subject knowledge. A clear focus on classroom practice helps trainees to build confidence and develop their own teaching strategies.

Contents

Part 1: Scientific Enquiry

  • Introduction to scientific enquiry
  • Investigative Skills
  • Obtaining and presenting evidence

Part 2: Life, processes and living things

  • Humans and other animals
  • Green plants as livings
  • Variation and classification
  • Living things and their environment

Part 3: Materials and their properties

  • Properties of materials
  • Physical changes in materials
  • Changing and making materials

Part 4: Physical processes

  • Electricity
  • Forces and motion
  • Light
  • Sound
  • The Earth and beyond

Description

Still the biggest concern for many on initial teacher training courses is the acquisition of subject knowledge and the ability to translate that into effective teaching. This book addresses this - building on the core subject knowledge covered in the Achieving QTS series and relating it to classroom practice. It supports trainees in extending and deepening their knowledge of Science and demonstrating how to apply it to planning and implementing lessons. Practical and up-to-date teaching examples are used to clearly contextualize subject knowledge. A clear focus on classroom practice helps trainees to build confidence and develop their own teaching strategies.

Contents

Part 1: Scientific Enquiry

  • Introduction to scientific enquiry
  • Investigative Skills
  • Obtaining and presenting evidence

Part 2: Life, processes and living things

  • Humans and other animals
  • Green plants as livings
  • Variation and classification
  • Living things and their environment

Part 3: Materials and their properties

  • Properties of materials
  • Physical changes in materials
  • Changing and making materials

Part 4: Physical processes

  • Electricity
  • Forces and motion
  • Light
  • Sound
  • The Earth and beyond
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Primary Science: Extending Knowledge in Practice


May 2020 | 224 pages | Learning Matters

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Paperback 31/03/2026 9781844451067 $86.00

Still the biggest concern for many on initial teacher training courses is the acquisition of subject knowledge and the ability to translate that into effective teaching. This book addresses this - building on the core subject knowledge covered in the Achieving QTS series and relating it to classroom practice. It supports trainees in extending and deepening their knowledge of Science and demonstrating how to apply it to planning and implementing lessons. Practical and up-to-date teaching examples are used to clearly contextualize subject knowledge. A clear focus on classroom practice helps trainees to build confidence and develop their own teaching strategies.

Table Of Contents:

  • Part 1: Scientific Enquiry
  • Introduction to scientific enquiry
  • Investigative Skills
  • Obtaining and presenting evidence
  • Part 2: Life, processes and living things
  • Humans and other animals
  • Green plants as livings
  • Variation and classification
  • Living things and their environment
  • Part 3: Materials and their properties
  • Properties of materials
  • Physical changes in materials
  • Changing and making materials
  • Part 4: Physical processes
  • Electricity
  • Forces and motion
  • Light
  • Sound
  • The Earth and beyond

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