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Informationen zum Autor Robert Prigo , professor and director of the Teacher Education Program at Middlebury College, has worked for twenty years with K–12 educators on inquiry-based science teaching and learning, supported through grants from the NSF and the Vermont Department of Education. His work with teachers and schools goes beyond professional development workshops and institutes to include phone-call-help to local teachers, science assemblies at local schools, lending equipment and resources, and visiting school classrooms to work directly with teachers and students. Prigo was recognized in 1991 as "Vermont Professor of the Year" by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Klappentext In easy-to-understand language, this resource presents engaging, ready-to-use learning experiences that address the "big ideas" in K-8 science education and help students make larger, real-world connections. Zusammenfassung In easy-to-understand language, this resource presents engaging, ready-to-use learning experiences that address the "big ideas" in K–8 science education and help students make larger, real-world connections. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Motion and Force Inertia and Newton¿s First Law of Motion Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Fundamental Forces and Newton¿s Third Law of Motion Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Net Force, Acceleration and Newton¿s Second Law of Motion Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Motion Circus Sample Investigation Questions 2. Fluids and Buoyancy Gases and Liquids as Fluids Pressure in a Gas and Atmospheric Pressure Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Liquid Pressure Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Archimedes¿ Principle: Sinking and Floating Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Fluids in Motion: Bernoulli¿s Principle Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Fluids and Buoyancy Circus A Bernoulli Circus Sample Investigable Questions 3. Waves and Sound Waves and Waves Motion Concepts Types of Waves and Waves Speed Periodic Waves: Wavelength, Frequency, and Amplitude Wave Reflection and Transmission Superposition Principle Activities Everyday Examples Sound Waves Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Waves and Sound Circus Sample Investigable Questions 4. Light and Electromagnetic Waves Waves and/or Particles Sources of Light Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Light and Matter Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Light Travels in a Straight Line Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Reflection Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Refractions Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Total Internal Reflection Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Dispersion and Color Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Diffraction and Interference Concepts Activities Everyday Eaxamples Light Circus Sample Investigative Questions 5. Electricity and Magnetism Electric Charge and the Electric Force and Field Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Electric Current and the Magnetic Force and Field Concepts Activities Magnets Interacting with Magnets and Magnetic Materials Magnets Interacting with Current Carrying Wires Current Carrying Wires Interacting with Current Carrying Wires Everyday Examples Magnets Interacting with Magnets and Magnetic Materials Magnets Interacting with Current Carrying Wires Electromagnetic Induction Concepts Activities Everyday Examples Electric and Magnetic Circus Sample Investigative Qu...
