Teaching Science in the Elementary / Middle School (EDUC 325)
Of course please stop by the reference desk on the third floor (reference desk hours) if you are working in the library and have questions.
Books and Materials in the Instructional Media Collection
Searching the Cofrin Library Catalog
Limit to the IMC collection and do a keyword search for "science" and teaching to retrieve call numbers to over 400 books and other items (many in the instructional media collection on the 4th floor of the library) that may be of interest and are owned by the Cofrin Library.
Journals owned by the Cofrin Library
All journals and magazines are located in the periodical area on the library's fourth floor. They are arranged in alphabetical order by the first letter of the first word. Note that a couple of the journals listed below are available online in full text. All of the journals can be searched using Academic Search Premier from EbscoHost/ ERIC. This is useful to pinpoint an article on your topic in a print only journal with a keyword search, instead of having to flip through all of the issues.
Title: Science Activities
Location: Academic Search PremierOnline Database
Full Text 1990 – Present
Peer Reviewed
Science Scope (Middle School Focus)
Location: Periodical Area
Sept. 2003 -- present
Indexed in ERIC
Title: Science Teacher
Location: Periodical Area
Current 3 year in Print
1961 – Current on Microfilm
Phi Delta Kappan
Location: Periodical Area
1974-January 2004
Academic Search PremierOnline Database
Full Text 1994-2004
Science and Children
Location: Periodical Area
1970- present
School Science and Mathematics
Location: Periodical Area
current 3 years
Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Location: Periodical Area
1963- present
Online Databases for Journal Articles and Teaching Materials
Journal Articles from Scholarly / Peer Reviewed Publications and Popular Magazines -- Remember that you will need to enter your username and password in order to access the online databases from off campus.
ERIC via EBSCOhost
Education Full Text -- Select the down arrow next to Online Databases and select Education Full Text from the alphabetical menu.
Articles to be used in the Classroom
Middle Search Plus via EBSCOhost
Newspapers
New York Times Learning Network
Web Sites for Lesson Plans and other Teaching Tools
Lesson Planning Activity
"A good lesson plan should have several components, it is not simply the presentation of an activity. One must consider the purpose of the activity, the audience, the context, the learning objectives, how it addresses a diversity of learners, how you will assess the activity, etc.
Below you will find some resources that describe different perspectives on the components of a good lesson plan. Take a look at this critiera and synthesize your own short list of criteria for a good lesson plan." http://education.mit.edu/tep/11125/lessonplanning.htm
Resources
DiscoverySchool.Com Lesson Plans
Science Lesson Plans -- LessonPlansPage.com
Science Lesson Plans and Resources
USGS Lesson Plans and Activities
Energy and Science Lesson Plans
Air Quality Lesson Plans and Data
There are many more sites on the Internet worth visiting. I recommend connecting to http://www.google.com
and entering "science lesson plans."
Wisconsin Standards
WISCONSIN MODEL ACADEMIC STANDARDS
FOR SCIENCE
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/standards/sciintro.html