Passing the State Science Proficiency Tests (eBook, ePUB)

Essential Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers
Redaktion: Wilson, Craig A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Passing the State Science Proficiency Tests presents essential content for elementary and middle school teachers who want to improve their science content background, enhance their classroom instruction, or pass the state science proficiency tests. This book addresses different aspects of the physical, life, and earth sciences. Each chapter was written by a science education expert and includes review questions with an accompanying answer key. This book will enhance the effectiveness and competency of any pre-service or in-service elementary or middle school teacher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761862642
• Artikelnr.: 40171142

Autorenporträt

Craig A. Wilson is a professor of education in the Early Childhood and Elementary Education Department at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate science methods courses and a graduate research course. His primary research interests are in field-based experiences, inquiry-oriented instruction, and technology integration.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Scientific Methodology, Techniques,
and History 1. Methodology and Philosophy 2. Mathematics, Measurement, and
Data Manipulation 3. Laboratory Procedures and Safety-Part I 4. Laboratory
Procedures and Safety-Part II Part II. Basic Principles 5. Matter and
Energy 6. Heat and Thermodynamics 7. Atomic and Nuclear Structure Part III.
Physical Sciences (Physics) 8. Mechanics 9. Electricity and Magnetism 10.
Wave Phenomenon Part IV. Physical Sciences (Chemistry) 11. Periodicity 12.
The Mole and Chemical Bonding 13. States of Matter 14. Chemical Reactions
15. Solutions and Solubility Part V. Life Sciences 16. The Cell 17. DNA
Structure 18. Diversity of Life 19. Plants 20. Animals-Part I 21.
Animals-Part II 22. Ecology Part VI. Earth Sciences 23. Physical Geology
24. Historical Geology 25. Oceanography 26. Meteorology 27. Astronomy Part
VII. Science, Technology, and Society 28. The Uses and Applications of
Science and Technology in Daily Life 29. The Social, Political, Ethical and
Economic Issues Arising from the Use of Certain Technologies About the
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