Essential Primary Science

The book is an essential textbook for primary science modules and provides teachers, trainers and tutors with a practical and accessible introduction to the fundamental aspects of teaching and learning primary science. If you are teaching - or learning - to teach primary science, this is the toolkit to support you! Highly respected and widely used, Essential Primary Science 2E blends essential subject knowledge with a vast array of teacher activities. Updated and revised throughout to reflect the requirements of the new National Curriculum, it covers the essential knowledge and understanding that you need; plus it offers over 200 great ideas for teaching primary science at KS1 and KS2 - so no more late nights thinking up creative new ways to teach key concepts! Written in a friendly and supportive style this new edition offers: Over 200 original and new activities to complement the new curriculum, ready for you to try out in the classroom Tips on how to ensure each lesson includes both practical and investigative elements Suggestions on how to make your lessons engaging, memorable and inclusive How to deal with learners' common scientific misconceptions in each topic Two new chapters on working scientifically and how to tackle assessment New up-to-date web links to quality free resources Drawing on their own extensive teaching experience and understanding of the new National Curriculum, the authors provide the essential guide to teaching primary science for both trainee teachers and qualified teachers who are not science specialists.

Contains over 200 activities ready for you to try out in your classroom! FREE SAMPLE CHAPTER http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/openup/chapters/9780335234615.pdf If you are teaching or learning to teach primary science, this is the toolkit to support you! Not only does it cover the essential knowledge and understanding that you need to know, it also offers over 200 great ideas for teaching primary science - so no more late nights thinking up creative new ways to teach key concepts! In addition, this book offers you practical guiding principles which you can apply to every lesson. There are tips on how to ensure each lesson includes both practical and investigative elements and suggestions on how to make your lessons engaging, memorable and inclusive. Each chapter is organized around the following structure: What science do you need to know and understand? What science do your pupils need to learn? What is the best way to teach these topics in the primary classroom at KS1 and KS2? Sample pupil activities are also included and there is coverage of how to deal with common misconceptions within every chapter. Written in a friendly style, the authors draw on their own teaching experience and understanding of the National Curriculum and QTS standards to provide an essential guide to teaching primary science.