References: Study Guide Week 22 Science today and for the future Howe, A., Davies, D., McMahon, K., Towler, L., Collier, C. and Scott, T. (2009) Science 5–11: A Guide for Teachers (2nd edn), London, Routledge…
(U) SUBJECT: HQDA EXORD 10-13 ISO THE HQDA FY13-15 ACTIVE COMPONENT MANNING GUIDANCE (U). Official Force drawdown will begin in FY13. The following objectives will be used to guide implantation; Fully man deploying units, assign personnel in accordance with (IAW) current strategy, invest top quality officers and Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO’s) in the institutional Army, Synchronize the personnel assignments process with ARFORGEN cycle and Army priorities. Mission: provide Active Army with personnel manning guidance for FY13-15 that is synchronized with Army priorities. Execution: Resource the army with personnel IAW the ARMY’s priories as reflected in the integrated requirement priory list (IRPL). Key Tasks: Man the Army and preserve high…
Cowens, J. (2006, Augest 01). The Scientific Method.. Teaching Pre K-8, 37(1), 42-46. Retrieved from http://www.TeachingK-8.com…
A comparison of the old EYFS to the New EYFS together with the relationship between the Montessori Method and the EYFS structure.…
Children develop quickly in the early years, and early years practitioners aim to do all they can to help children have the best possible start in life. Children have a right, spelled out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to provision which enables them to develop their personalities, talents and abilities irrespective of ethnicity, culture or religion, home language, family background, learning difficulties, disabilities or gender. This guidance helps adults to understand and support each individual child’s development pathway. Other guidance is provided at www.foundationyears.org.uk. The EYFS statutory framework is available on the Foundation Years website as well as the Department for Education website: www.education.gov.uk/publications…
In England you are required to follow the statutory framework for the EYFS. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5 years old. All schools and Ofsted-registered early years providers must follow the EYFS, including childminders, preschools, nurseries and school reception classes.…
References: Carin, A., & Bass, J.E. (2009). Teaching science as inquiry (11th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN-13: 9780131599499 (Available as eBook)…
During Key Stage 2 pupils learn about a wider range of living things, materials and phenomena. They begin to make links between ideas and to explain things using simple models and theories. They apply their knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas to familiar phenomena, everyday things and their personal health. They begin to think about the positive and negative effects of scientific and technological developments on the environment and in other contexts. They carry out more…
In science, the use of trade books is a literacy strategy that is being used more commonly in the classroom, such as informational text and nonfiction trade books. (Atkinson, Matusevich, and Huber, 2009; Mantzicopulos and Patrick, 2011; Rice, 2002). The use of nonfiction trade books has become a crucial part of elementary education because they help students understand science concepts better (Atkinson, Matusevich, and Huber, 2009). By using trade books, teachers are able to build upon the understanding of science that the students gained while introducing other scientific concepts. Trade books can make it easier for students who have difficulty or reluctance to read can help teachers connect to them with science topics (Atkinson, Matusevich,…
Often the successive step forward to embracing Pedagogic documentation is viewed at odds with the existing EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) framework (Dfe, 2014), which many suggest supports a developmental approach to assessment (Moyles & Worthington, 2011). Whilst we readily acknowledge that development matters, this approach is felt to be excessively constrained by its reporting requirements and assessment obligations. Ollson, (2009:113) endorsed this principle but also added currently “there is a risk that we document that which we already know about children and learning and by doing that we immobilise and close down the event”. This is in absolute opposition and indeed counterproductive to the intentions of pedagogical documentation with its cornerstone notion of the development of a reciprocal and responsive relationship between adults and children, through their collaborative engagement in learning.…
Lesson Plan – Straw Bridge Design Challenge Grade Level Topics Covered Gr 4 and up Straw Bridge Design Challenge Objectives General: Students will work in teams to design and build a bridge using plastic straws and tape. (masking or scotch) The models will be tested by adding weight to them until they collapse.…
If all five elements of classroom inquiry are present, the inquiry is said to be…
Science exists everywhere we go, everything that we use, everything that we hear, even the whole universe has to do with science. How cars starts their engine and run, how water we drink consist of hydrogen and oxygen that we human needs in order to survive, how we can tell time because of rotation of the sun and earth, how shampoo that we use consist of science to cleanse our hair and even more infinite things involved with science. It is important for students to learn about science, because we are living in a place that science is everywhere. To get students to learn about the concept of science, teachers has to come up with activities and lessons to teach children in best possible way. Students’ learning is greatly influenced by how they are taught. Students should be given many opportunities to expand on their knowledge as well. Through out few weeks observing different grade classroom, I felt welcomed. As I walk in to the classroom, I saw the classroom covered with students’ work and many posters with different facts and interesting information. Some were made from students during the science lessons and some were just posters with science facts. Having to see students’ work displayed and information that teacher had put up gave me an idea of ways to expose students to science in different ways.…
In the article “Put a Little Science in Your Life” the author, Brian Greene, expresses how science is such a magnificent study, but yet is not catching the attention of youth today. In today’s education system students aren’t looking at science in the big picture, but are merely looking at it as another course they are required to pass. Greene expresses to his reader’s that science is everywhere, and that everything created is somewhat made up of science. In the school room, teachers are given an agenda to follow and told to stick to that agenda. This agenda does not catch the interest of all, or any of the student’s in which they leave the class with a cold and/or dull feeling towards science. Greene expresses to his readers that Science is…
Science is not just a subject taken in school, or a body of knowledge; it is a state of mind as well – always inquisitive and wondering. As a child, the world around me constantly captivated me and inspired questions, and I found delight in having my questions answered, always wanting to learn more, from fundamental particles, to atoms and molecules, to organisms, planets, and the universe...…