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With a strong focus on helping children to learn the 'big ideas' in science, this book provides detailed and practical guidance on how to use ICT to support creative science teaching. Emphasizing learning science 'through' the technology rather than 'from' it, the book strikes a good balance between practical and academic dimensions through: practical suggestions on how to plan schemes of work and lessons case studies that highlight how ICT can be incorporated into cross-curricular themes of study examples of real science lessons advice on organizing learning in 'out of school' settings' Written with the standards for achieving qualified teacher status in mind, this user-friendly text is a vital resource for all students on initial teacher training courses and newly qualified teachers at primary level.
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Science and ICT • in the •
Primary School
Science and ICT • in the •
Primary School A Creative Approach to Big Ideas
John Meadows
David Fulton Publishers Ltd The Chiswick Centre, 414 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5TF www.fultonpublishers.co.uk First published in Great Britain in 2004 by David Fulton Publishers 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Note: The right of John Meadows to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. David Fulton Publishers is a division of Granada Learning Limited, part of ITV plc. Copyright © John Meadows 2004 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 1 84312 120 4 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.
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Contents
Acknowledgements viii Preface ix Chapter 1: What’s it all about? A creative approach to big ideas 1 1.1 A creative approach to teaching and learning 3 1.2 Big ideas in science – process skills and progression 6 1.3 Big ideas in teaching science – content and concepts 11 1.4 Big ideas for teaching through ICT 12 1.5 Big ideas for learning through ICT 15 Chapter 2: Theories of learning in science and ICT 19 2.1 General theories on teaching and learning 19 2.2 Teaching and learning in science 22 2.3 Teaching and learning with ICT 24 2.4 Science and ICT together 29 Chapter 3: Case studies from partnership schools 33 3.1 Teaching about light and shadows 35 3.2 Using computer suites for science teaching 37 3.3 Using outdoor areas with digital equipment 39 3.4 Using laptops in the primary school 41 Chapter 4: Flight 45 4.1 Birds and feathers 47 4.2 Spinners and fair testing 49 4.3 Parachutes, variables and air resistance 52 Chapter 5: Sustainability and living things 58 5.1 Ourselves as humans 61 v
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5.2 Investigating animals 64 5.3 Environments and habitats 68 Chapter 6: Let there be light 73 6.1 Sources of light 75 6.2 Colour and light 76 6.3 Light and shadows 77 6.4 How do we see? 79 Chapter 7: Science and technology in everyday life 82 7.1 Kitchen chemistry 84 7.2 Electricity 85 7.3 Science in the supermarket 87 7.4 Real scientists 89 Chapter 8: Energy 93 8.1 Types and transformations of energy 95 8.2 Forces and movement 96 8.3 Food and energy 98 8.4 Living things and the concept of ‘alive’ 99 Chapter 9: ‘What if a chair was made of chocolate?’ Materials and particles 102 9.1 Materials, properties and functions 104 9.2 Water and changes of state 106 9.3 Dissolving and separation of materials 108 9.4 Insulation and heat 111 Chapter 10: Cells: ‘What is grass made of?’ 114 10.1 Grass and plants, investigating photosynthesis 116 10.2 Digestion – what happens to the foo