Primary science
Subtitle: teaching the tricky bits
By: G.N. Rutledge
Contributors: ebrary, Inc
Publisher: McGraw Hill; Open University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkshire, England
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780335222285; 9780335222292; 9780335240395
Subjects: Science; Study and teaching (Primary)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. How to use this book; title: 3. How children learn; title: 4. Ensuring an effective learning context; title: 5. The relationship between science skills and knowledge and understanding; title: 6. Developing an initial understanding of classifying materials and their properties; title: 7. Developing an initial understanding of changes in materials; title: 8. Developing a more advanced understanding of classifying materials and their properties; title: 9. Developing a more advanced understanding of changes in materials; title: 10. Developing a primary school model of thermal insulation; title: 11. Developing a primary school model of magnetism; title: 12. Developing an initial understanding of light; title: 13. Developing a more advanced model for understanding light; title: 14. Developing primary school models of Earth and beyond; title: 15. Developing a primary school model of sound; title: 16. Developing an initial understanding of what goes on in a simple circuit; title: 17. Developing a more advanced understanding of what goes on in a simple circuit; title: 18. Developing an initial understanding of forces; title: 19. Developing a more advanced understanding of forces; title: 20. Developing an initial understanding of life processes and living things; title: 21. Developing a more advanced understanding of life processes and living things.