Science: An Elementary Teacher’s Guide/Additional Readings & Activities
History & Principles of Learning
[edit | edit source]Check out this link for more information about Jean Piaget's ideas on cognitive development
Check out this brief You Tube film about Jean Piaget
Check out this link about Jerome Bruner
Click here to learn more about Robert Gagne's hierarchy of learning theory
Check out the short video about Robert Gagne's ideas
You Tube link to Benjamin Bloom Taxonomy short film
More info on Joy Paul Guilford
Check out this short video about B. F. Skinner
More info on B. F. skinners ideas
Here is another short video about Skinner's ideas
Problem Solving & Research
[edit | edit source]More info on Guided Discovery technique
Additional info on Science Process Skills
Dr. Kevin Young's Thoughts on Science Processes
Questioning
[edit | edit source]Energy & The Nature of Matter
[edit | edit source]Click here to review the various types of Energy
A very detailed description of matter and its types
Watch this cool You Tube video on Bernoulli's Principle
Heat
[edit | edit source]Check out this link on Heat Transfer
Another nice site all about Heat Transfer and Insulation
Light & Electromagnetic Spectrum
[edit | edit source]Check out this link about the Electromagnetic Spectrum
A nice You Tube demonstration of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Check out this link on Refraction
Check out this You Tube demonstration on the REAL PRIMARY COLORS of pigments
A good you Tube demonstration about the primary colors of visible light
Sound
[edit | edit source]Dr. Kevin Young Lectures on Sound
Nice You Tube classroom demonstration on the Doppler Effect
Nice You Tube Demonstration on Sympathetic Vibrations
Here is a nice elementary site about Sound
Everything You Should Know About Sound
Put in headphones, close your eyes, and enjoy this
Electricity & Magnetism
[edit | edit source]Dr. Kevin Young Lectures on Electricity & Magnetism
Nice link about static electricity
What causes Lightning & Thunder...click here to find out!
What causes magnet to work...click here to find out!
Click here to learn more about Electric Current!
Machines
[edit | edit source]Dr. Kevin Young Lectures on Simple Machines
The Environment
[edit | edit source]Weather, Seasons & Climate
[edit | edit source]Click here to review online movies view in class demonstrating the Coriolis effect
Another nice Coriolis Effect movie
Click here to review on online interactive review of world wide wind patterns
Click here to view more animations dealing with global wind patterns
The Earth
[edit | edit source]Check out these fun Geologic Time Scale themed Puzzles. Good for kids and yourself.
Here is one teachers web site about the Geologic Time Scale
A nice site about the basic Layers of the Earth
Another good site about the Layers of the Earth
Cool little game to see if you understand all about Soil Formation
Animals
[edit | edit source]Nice elementary education site about animal classifications
Another nice site about animal classification
Nice brief introduction into evolution & adaptation
Nice sight on the anatomy and types of bird feathers
Plants
[edit | edit source]A nice link about the Bryophyta "Simple Plants"
The Human Body
[edit | edit source]Review the 4 basic types of tissues found in the human body
Click here to review the anatomy of your skin
click here to review the skeletal system
Here is a nice animation and explanation of the path of blood thought the heart, lungs and body