01475nam a2200253Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500870005810000190014570000170016426000380018125000080021930000250022730000110025250000190026302000220028265000450030405000190034954600120036850504790038052003270085933600090118633700150119533800110121020260803094045.0251212s2010 xx 000 0 und d1 aUnderstanding primary science : bscience knowledge for teaching /cMartin Wenham. aWenham, Martin aOvens, Peter aLondon :bSAGE publishing,c2010. a3rd axvii, 277 p.: bill. c24 cm. aIncludes index a978-1-84860-119-2 aSciencexStudy and teaching (Elementary) a372.35044 W48u aEnglish aPART ONE: DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE Helping Children to Become Scientific PART TWO: LIFE PROCESSES AND LIVING THINGS Life processes Humans and Other Animals Plants Variation, Classification, Adaption and the Environment PART THREE: MATERIALS AND THEIR PROPERTIES Matter Grouping and Classifying Materials Changing, Combining and Separating Materials PART FOUR: PHYSICAL PROCESSES Electricity Forces and Motion Gravity and Magnetism Sound and Light The Earth and Beyond aNow in its 3rd edition, this book provides a prime resource for for enabling the effective teaching of science at primary level. It now also includes a CD-rom of 200 science investigations for use with young learners of science, to help trainee teachers explore the practical application of the topics covered in the book. aText aUnmediated aVolume