Training

Useful links for preparing for your classroom visits: This book presents a summary of the most widely accepted research on learning. Results of these studies can be interpreted as supporting the methods employed in inquiry teaching and learning. This report synthesizes what is known about how students in K-8 learn science by examining research from cognitive and developmental psychology, science education, and the history and philosophy of science. Chapter 9 contains references supporting the finding that, "Students learn science by actively engaging in the practices of science, including conducting investigations."
 * Sharing Science with Children: A Survival Guide for Scientists
 * Exploratorium - Tools for Teaching
 * [|Tips for great presentations and engaging students]
 * How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom (2005)
 * [|Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8 (2007)]
 * [|Online workshop on inquiry teaching]
 * Kids' Misconceptions About Science
 * Radar's Chemistry for Kids
 * Radar's Physics for Kids
 * Science News for Kids
 * MadSciNet: the 24-hour exploding laboratory
 * MadSci Library: A starting point for science on the Web
 * How Stuff Works: Science
 * Multnomah Co. Library site for K-12 science links
 * Try Science
 * Bill Nye the Science Guy