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• Title:Becoming scientists : inquiry-based teaching in diverse classrooms, grades 3-5 / Rusty Bresser and Sharon Fargason.
  
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• Author/Creator:Bresser, Rusty.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Fargason, Sharon, 1949-
  
• Published/Created:Portland, Maine : Stenhouse Publishers, [2013]
  ©2013
  

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  • Call Number: LB1585 .B67 2013
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)
  Inquiry-based learning.
  Multicultural education.
  
• Description:xi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:Good science starts with a question, perhaps from the teacher at the start of a science unit or from the children as they wonder what makes a toy car move, how food decomposes, or why leaves change color. Using inquiry science, children discover answers to their questions in the same way that scientists do--they design experiments, make predictions, observe and describe, offer and test explanations, and share their conjectures with others. In essence, they construct their own understanding of how the world works through experimentation, reflection, and discussion. Look into real classrooms where teachers practice inquiry science and engage students in the science and engineering practices outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards. Rusty Bresser and Sharon Fargason show teachers how to do the following: Build on students' varied experiences, background knowledge, and readiness; Respond to the needs of students with varying levels of English language proficiency; Manage a diverse classroom during inquiry science exploration; Facilitate science discussions; Deepen their own science content knowledge. As the authors state, "Inquiry science has little to do with textbooks and lectures and everything to do with our inherent need as a species to learn about and reflect on the world around us." Join your students on a journey of discovery as you explore your world via inquiry.--Back cover.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781571109781 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  1571109781 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  9781571109958 (ebook)
  
• Contents:Introduction: what is inquiry?
  Guiding principles for teaching learning inquiry science
  Managing the diverse classroom during inquiry science
  Supporting English language learners in the diverse classroom
  Diving into inquiry: investigating UV beads
  What makes toy cars move? A unit on energy
  Navigating the challenges of inquiry science: responding to teachers' questions
  Deepening teachers' science content knowledge through inquiry.