Ebook A year of hands-on science

by Lynne Kepler NEW YORK • TORONTO • LONDON • AUCKLAND • SYDNEY MEXICO CITY • NEW DELHI • HONG KONG • BUENOS AIRES A Year of Hands-on Science © Lynne Kepler, Scholastic Teaching Resources ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am grateful to all those individuals who, in sharing their expertise, talents, and time, helped to make this book. I would like to especially acknowledge the following individuals: Joan Novelli, editor, who collaborated with me on this book from the very beginning. I truly appreciate her guidance, her thoughtfulness, and her creativity. She made this book fun and untiring. I hope we can do it again! Terry Cooper, editor-in-chief, and Deborah Schecter, senior editor, Scholastic Professional Books, who supported this project from the start and are committed to helping primary teachers teach science. Jackie Swensen, designer, for helping to turn a massive manuscript into the friendly, elegant pages of this book. Lauren Leon, copy editor, for her creative abilities. She always seems to be able to “see” what I am writing about. Mary Faulk, elementary librarian, who took time to help find some great, science-related children’s books. My family, Doug, Jake, Ty, and Muir. They encouraged me throughout this project by always wondering, asking questions, and reminding me to look at the world around us. Scholastic grants teachers permission to photocopy the reproducible pages from this book for classroom use. No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012-3999. Edited by Joan Novelli Cover design by Vincent Ceci and Jaime Lucero Cover illustration by Jane Conteh-Morgan Back cover photo by John C. Evans Interior design by Solutions by Design, Inc. Interior illustrations by James Graham Hale ISBN-13: 978-0-545-07475-9 ISBN-10: 0-545-07475-4 Copyright © 1996 by Lynne Kepler All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 40 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 A Year of Hands-on Science © Lynne Kepler, Scholastic Teaching Resources C O N T E N T S FROM THE AUTHOR 5 CHAPTER 1 SCIENCE LEADS THE WAY 6 CHAPTER 2 USING THIS BOOK 17 CHAPTER 3 SEPTEMBER 25 Discover Butterflies 28 Moon Watch 39 CHAPTER 4 OCTOBER 52 Falling Leaves 55 Degrees of eather 67 CHAPTER 5 NOVEMBER 77 Harvest ime 80 Bears in Winter 97 CHAPTER 6 DECEMBER 107 Ice and Snow 110 For the Birds 123 A Year of Hands-on Science © Lynne Kepler, Scholastic Teaching Resources CHAPTER 7 JANUARY 136 The Night Sky 139 Push and Pull 151 CHAPTER 8 FEBRUARY 167 In the Shadows 170 Healthy Hearts 184 CHAPTER 9 MARCH 196 Windy Weather 199 Flying Things 214 CHAPTER 10 APRIL 224 Rain Comes and Goes 227 Seeds and Soil 242 CHAPTER 11 MAY 257 Animals at Home 260 Sun Power 271 GLOSSARY 284 A Year of Hands-on Science © Lynne Kepler, Scholastic Teaching Resources rom the Author Iremember doing very little science in school—from the time I was an elementary student right through high school. Even as I entered college as an elementary education major I was unaware of the role science played in my life or that of my future students. But a couple of college courses in reading and language arts (yes, that’s right) let me experience for myself the important role hands-on experiences play in a child’s con-ceptual development. Children’s enthusiasm for activities like comparing pets, collecting and sorting leaves in the schoolyard, and observing guppies in the classroom aquarium poured over into the rest of their school day. They graphed their pets’ weights, wrote about the leaves, and read about fish. The sci-ence of the world around them linked language, math, even social skills in meaningful ways. Young children have an innate sense of wonder; they are born to explore, ask questions, and find out—just what science is all about. Providing a classroom that is rich with hands-on sci-ence is only natural. Science experiences are exciting and meaningful, and give children a reason to learn in every subject area. Most importantly, the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that children gain while doing science will help them in using sci-ence to understand the world around them—a lifelong benefit that will help them make personal choices that will affect their everyday lives and their world. —L.K. A Year of Hands-on Science © Lynne Kepler, Scholastic Teaching Resources 5 ... - tailieumienphi.vn