Teaching Primary Science Constructively,
8th Edition

Part 1: Teaching primary science10. Materials and their properties
1. Primary science: every teacher, every child
2. Constructivist views of learning and teaching science
3. Implementing the Australian Curriculum: Science with a constructivist mindset
4. Thinking and working scientifically
Part 2: Teaching the Australian Curriculum: Science strands
5. Energy
6. Electricity
7. Movement and force
8. Living things and environments
9. Living things: a technologies context
11. Physical and chemical change
12. Our place in space
13. Our planet Earth
14. Weather and our environment
15. Final reflections
Appendix 1: At a glance: key teaching and learning strategies and other pedagogical topics
Appendix 2: At a glance: key content knowledge

• Keith Skamp

  KEITH SKAMP is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Education at Southern Cross University. He has held visiting scholar and professorial positions at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York; Durham University, England; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; University of Lethbridge, Canada; and Flinders University, South Australia. Keith has been a lecturer in undergraduate and graduate units in science education, environmental education and research methodology for many years, and has led or been involved in professional and curriculum development initiatives in primary science and environmental education at state, national and international levels. His research and consultancy in science, environmental and sustainability education has included major research reports for the Australian Academy of Science's Primary Connections initiative, as well as for state and federal governments, and has resulted in numerous refereed journal articles and other publications. Keith has received distinguished awards for university teaching and service to the Australasian Science Education Research Association and the Australian Science Teachers' Association.

• This edition addresses the implementation of all the learning outcomes in the latest version of the Australian Curriculum: Science (F-6). Chapter 3 provides a substantive and interpretive overview of version 9 (2022) of this curriculum

• Expansion of the cross-curriculum priorities (CCP): The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures CCP area has been further expanded, including examples of, ‘two-way science’. Climate change education and the Sustainability CCP has also been further developed

• To emphasise the book’s coverage of teaching science in the early primary years (F–2) a NEW ‘early years learning’ margin icon has been inserted wherever the focus refers to these younger learners

• Chapter 4 ‘Thinking and working scientifically: science inquiry in action’ has been restructured with an increased focus on formative assessment of students’ development of inquiry practices and many new links are made to v.9 of the Australian Curriculum: Science

• A NEW biological sciences chapter: Chapter 9 ‘Human impact: living things, biodiversity loss and climate change’ has been added. This is an area teachers can no longer omit from their science teaching and student learning

• Skamp continues to have an overt focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The latest interpretations of STEM and its implementation are presented in Chapter 3. The authors stress that the integrity of science as a way of knowing (science inquiry), a body of knowledge (science understanding) and as a human endeavour be retained in any STEM or other integration initiatives

• ‘Professional learning activity’ boxes help students assess their own knowledge, beliefs, traits and attitudes. You can also use these to create your own classroom activities

• Analyse in-depth case studies that present issues in context, encouraging you to integrate and apply the concepts discussed in the chapter to the classroom

• Icons in the margins highlight ideas and discussions that are relevant to key strands and themes from the Australian Curriculum: Science, including: Cross-curriculum priorities (CCP), General Capabilities (GC), Science as a human endeavour (SHE), STEM, and NEW early years learning (F-2) icons

• Explore extra resources by following the 'Go further' margin icons throughout the text. Resources available via instructor website

• ‘Ideas and connections’ sections at the end of chapters encourage students to revise and reflect on what they have learned, including the 'Big ideas, concepts and understandings for primary teachers' tables. Review the ‘Connecting to the curriculum’ sections at the end of relevant chapters to see how material in the chapter relates to components of the Australian Curriculum: Science

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• Instructor Website. Your #1 resource for your course. This tailored collection of teaching tools includes downloadable PowerPoint lecture slides, 'Go further' student materials, and artwork. The Instructor's Guide is packed with content that helps you set up and administer your class: chapter outlines and suggested answers for in-text questions and activities. Log in or request an account to access instructor resources at au.cengage.com/instructor/account for Australia or nz.cengage.com/instructor/account for New Zealand

• Student Website. Resources on the Student Website are included when you choose this text for your course. This collection of bonus online tools includes 'Go further' extension readings. Instructors can view the resources from their Cengage Instructor dashboard.

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