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REVIEW:
This is a great resource for teachers to use as a supplement to
the science curriculum. The electronic book is divided into six
chapters organized into several topics. Topics include earth's rotation
and orbit, earth's tilt, shadows, seasons, time zones, the moon,
calendars, maps, the solar system, and tides. All of the activities
include step by step instructions, an introduction and background
material, discussions for before and after the explorations, cross
references to related activities and many diagrams, table, drawings
and photos to illustrate the ideas presented. The Everyday Classroom
Tools section offers “An inquiry-based science curriculum
for kindergarten through sixth grade”. It provides an introduction
to inquiry based learning for parents and teachers, instructions
on how to use the threads of inquiry and a series of ten “hands-on,
minds-on investigations that focus on the changing seasons and other
aspects of our everyday experience.”
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May
2005
