%0 Book %T Resources for Teaching Elementary School Science %@ 978-0-309-05293-1 %D 1996 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4966/resources-for-teaching-elementary-school-science %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4966/resources-for-teaching-elementary-school-science %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 312 %X What activities might a teacher use to help children explore the life cycle of butterflies? What does a science teacher need to conduct a "leaf safari" for students? Where can children safely enjoy hands-on experience with life in an estuary? Selecting resources to teach elementary school science can be confusing and difficult, but few decisions have greater impact on the effectiveness of science teaching. Educators will find a wealth of information and expert guidance to meet this need in Resources for Teaching Elementary School Science. A completely revised edition of the best-selling resource guide Science for Children: Resources for Teachers, this new book is an annotated guide to hands-on, inquiry-centered curriculum materials and sources of help in teaching science from kindergarten through sixth grade. (Companion volumes for middle and high school are planned.) The guide annotates about 350 curriculum packages, describing the activities involved and what students learn. Each annotation lists recommended grade levels, accompanying materials and kits or suggested equipment, and ordering information. These 400 entries were reviewed by both educators and scientists to ensure that they are accurate and current and offer students the opportunity to: Ask questions and find their own answers. Experiment productively. Develop patience, persistence, and confidence in their own ability to solve real problems. The entries in the curriculum section are grouped by scientific area—Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, and Multidisciplinary and Applied Science—and by type—core materials, supplementary materials, and science activity books. Additionally, a section of references for teachers provides annotated listings of books about science and teaching, directories and guides to science trade books, and magazines that will help teachers enhance their students' science education. Resources for Teaching Elementary School Science also lists by region and state about 600 science centers, museums, and zoos where teachers can take students for interactive science experiences. Annotations highlight almost 300 facilities that make significant efforts to help teachers. Another section describes more than 100 organizations from which teachers can obtain more resources. And a section on publishers and suppliers give names and addresses of sources for materials. The guide will be invaluable to teachers, principals, administrators, teacher trainers, science curriculum specialists, and advocates of hands-on science teaching, and it will be of interest to parent-teacher organizations and parents. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T High-School Biology Today and Tomorrow %@ 978-0-309-04028-0 %D 1989 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1328/high-school-biology-today-and-tomorrow %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1328/high-school-biology-today-and-tomorrow %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 364 %X Biology is where many of science's most exciting and relevant advances are taking place. Yet, many students leave school without having learned basic biology principles, and few are excited enough to continue in the sciences. Why is biology education failing? How can reform be accomplished? This book presents information and expert views from curriculum developers, teachers, and others, offering suggestions about major issues in biology education: what should we teach in biology and how should it be taught? How can we measure results? How should teachers be educated and certified? What obstacles are blocking reform? %0 Book %A National Research Council %T The Sun to the Earth -- and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics %@ 978-0-309-08509-0 %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10477/the-sun-to-the-earth-and-beyond-a-decadal-research %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10477/the-sun-to-the-earth-and-beyond-a-decadal-research %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Space and Aeronautics %P 196 %X The sun is the source of energy for life on earth and is the strongest modulator of the human physical environment. In fact, the Sun’s influence extends throughout the solar system, both through photons, which provide heat, light, and ionization, and through the continuous outflow of a magnetized, supersonic ionized gas known as the solar wind. While the accomplishments of the past decade have answered important questions about the physics of the Sun, the interplanetary medium, and the space environments of Earth and other solar system bodies, they have also highlighted other questions, some of which are long-standing and fundamental. The Sun to the Earth—and Beyond organizes these questions in terms of five challenges that are expected to be the focus of scientific investigations in solar and space physics during the coming decade and beyond. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T The Sun to the Earth – and Beyond: Panel Reports %@ 978-0-309-08972-2 %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10860/the-sun-to-the-earth-and-beyond-panel-reports %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10860/the-sun-to-the-earth-and-beyond-panel-reports %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Space and Aeronautics %P 262 %X This volume, The Sun to the Earth-and Beyond: Panel Reports, is a compilation of the reports from five National Research Council (NRC) panels convened as part of a survey in solar and space physics for the period 2003-2013. The NRC's Space Studies Board and its Committee on Solar and Space Physics organized the study. Overall direction for the survey was provided by the Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee, whose report, The Sun to the Earth-and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics, was delivered to the study sponsors in prepublication format in August 2002. The final version of that report was published in June 2003. The panel reports provide both a detailed rationale for the survey committee's recommendations and an expansive view of the numerous opportunities that exist for a robust program of exploration in solar and space physics. %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Bell, Philip %E Lewenstein, Bruce %E Shouse, Andrew W. %E Feder, Michael A. %T Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits %@ 978-0-309-11955-9 %D 2009 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12190/learning-science-in-informal-environments-people-places-and-pursuits %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12190/learning-science-in-informal-environments-people-places-and-pursuits %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 348 %X Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. The evidence base that describes informal science, its promise, and effects is informed by a range of disciplines and perspectives, including field-based research, visitor studies, and psychological and anthropological studies of learning. Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal environments across a life span. Contributors include recognized experts in a range of disciplines—research and evaluation, exhibit designers, program developers, and educators. They also have experience in a range of settings—museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, aquariums, zoos, state parks, and botanical gardens. Learning Science in Informal Environments is an invaluable guide for program and exhibit designers, evaluators, staff of science-rich informal learning institutions and community-based organizations, scientists interested in educational outreach, federal science agency education staff, and K-12 science educators.