Beyond Science Standards - Play, Art, Coherence, Community

This is a book of inspiring stories for the twenty-first century of creative science teaching at elementary, middle, secondary, and university levels.

List of contents

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Jack Hassard
Introduction: The Cheshire Cat's Grin
Part I: Paradigm Lost
Chapter One: Descartes' Dream
Chapter Two: Complicated Truths
Chapter Three: Discipline Diversity
Chapter Four: Menacing Mudflats
Part II: Playful Exploration
Chapter Five: Wavy Elephants
Chapter Six: Binary Banjos
Chapter Seven: Harmful Haste
Chapter Eight: Serious Whimsy
Chapter Nine: Salted Alcohol
Chapter Ten: Squirrel Tales
Part III: Aesthetic Expression
Chapter Eleven: Skull sockets
Chapter Twelve: Crowned Molars
Chapter Thirteen: Hell's Pig
Chapter Fourteen: Vivid Canyons
Chapter Fifteen: Fossil Imagery
Chapter Sixteen: Inspiring Invertebrates
Chapter Seventeen: Clawed Wings
Chapter Eighteen: Pesky Pillbugs
Chapter Nineteen: Flashy Plumage
Part IV: Conceptual Coherence
Chapter Twenty: Poetic Rocks
Chapter Twenty-one: Vast Moments
Chapter Twenty-two: Storied Geology
Part V: Community Purpose
Chapter Twenty-three: Simple Automata
Chapter Twenty-four: Egg Balloons
Chapter Twenty-five: Competing Forecasts
Chapter Twenty-six: Wicked Extinctions
Chapter Twenty-seven: Harvesting Oysters
Chapter Twenty-eight: Caring Communities
Conclusion: Paradigm's Progress
Index

About the author

By Charles R. Ault Jr.

Summary

This is a book of inspiring stories for the twenty-first century of creative science teaching at elementary, middle, secondary, and university levels.

Product details

• Authors: Charles R. Ault, Charles R. Jr. Ault, Ault Charles R., Jr. Ault Charles R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781475859973
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5997-3
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Teaching of a specific subject, Curriculum planning & development, Educational: Sciences, General Science, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Science & Technology, EDUCATION / Standards (inc Common Core)