Colin Forster, Vicki Parfitt, Andrea McGowan

Science Homework for Key Stage 2

Activity-based Learning

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a unique resource for busy teachers - a selection of 'pencil-free', hands-on activities, aligned with the National Curriculum Programmes of Study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 90
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 290mm x 208mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780415474542
• ISBN-10: 041547454X
• Artikelnr.: 26397481

Autorenporträt

Colin Forster is the primary science team co-ordinator and primary PGCE course leader at the University of Gloucestershire. Vicki Parfitt is an experienced primary school teacher and a member of the primary science team at the University of Gloucestershire. Andrea McGowan is an experienced primary school teacher and a member of the primary English team at the University of Gloucestershire. David Brookes is an illustrator and is a member of the Department of Natural and Social Sciences at the University of Gloucestershire.

Inhaltsangabe

Guidance for the teacher Introduction Pedagogy and philosophy Active
Homework - the key ideas Following up on the homework Possible follow-up
activities Partnership with parents Creating your own active homework Life
processes and living things: Years three and four Teeth and eating: types
of teeth Teeth and eating: looking after your teeth Helping plants grow
well: light Helping plants grow well - growth Devising an investigation:
best temperature Moving and growing: bones Moving and growing: muscles and
joints Habitats: plants Habitats: food chains Debate: is it right to keep
animals in zoos? Life processes and living things: Years five and six
Keeping healthy: food types Keeping healthy: breakfast cereals Keeping
healthy: exercise Debate: which is most important: a healthy diet or taking
regular exercise Lifecycles: plants Interdependence and Adaptation
Micro-organisms: types of microbes Micro-organisms: your questions
Micro-organisms - composting Devising an investigation: best conditions for
compost Materials and their properties: Years three and four
Characteristics of materials: what would you use ...? Rocks and soils:
House materials Rocks and soils: erosion Rocks and soils: volcanoes
Devising an investigation: strongest rock Keeping warm (thermal
insulators): comparing materials Keeping warm (thermal insulators): slowing
the transfer of heat energy Keeping warm (thermal insulators): insulation
in the home Solids, liquids and separating: teabags and sieving? Solids,
liquids and separating: sieving Materials and their properties: Years five
and six Gases around us: gases you know Gases around us: is air real stuff?
Debate: driving versus using the bus Changing State: liquid and gas
Changing state: solid and liquid Changing state: evaporation Dissolving:
mixing solids with water Dissolving: reversing the process Devising an
investigation: best conditions for dissolving Reversible and non-reversible
change: mixing and heating Reversible and non-reversible change: your
questions Reversible and non-reversible change: the water cycle Physical
properties: Years three and four Magnets and springs: true and false
Magnets and springs: paper springs Magnets and springs: searching for
magnets and springs at home Light and shadows: opaque, translucent and
transparent Light and shadows: changing shadows Friction: slipping and
gripping Friction: reducing friction Physical properties: Years five and
six Earth, Sun, Moon: day and night Earth, Sun, Moon: phases of the moon
Debate: is space exploration good use of money Changing sounds: sound
travels Changing sounds: sound travels more slowly than light Changing
sounds: directing and collecting sounds Changing sounds: changing pitch
Forces in action: building structures Forces in action: friction in sport
Forces in action: a thought experiment Devising an investigation: shoe with
best grip How we see things: reflected light How we see things: pupils
responding to light How we see things: your questions