Rutledge, G. N.

Primary science teaching the tricky bits / [electronic resource] : G.N. Rutledge. - Berkshire, England : McGraw Hill : Open University Press, 2010. - vi, 201 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


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