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Why should children learn about science? How does scientific discovery impact on their lives and the opportunities available to them beyond school? Get Them Thinking Like Scientists! combines practical activities to help children aged 7-13 develop their scientific enquiry skills, with insights into the attitude that scientists apply to their craft. The activities explore different working methods - such as how scientists tap into and develop their creativity and how they solve problems and deal with contradictions - and are supported by strategies for thinking to develop children's scientific literacy. The activities also encourage students to build speculation and reasoning skills in order to understand and express their opinions about all subject areas. Steve Bowkett, author and education consultant, with support from experienced science teachers from the primary and secondary phases, provides the key concepts and learning benefits of each strategy, along with a series of activities, extension ideas and useful links. Related resources can be found on the series companion website.

Table of Contents:
Introduction \ 1. How Science Works \ What is science? \ Be nosy! \ I'm not superstitious - touch wood \ The three step game \ The scientific method \ It's OK not to know... \ But how can we find out? \ Common sense \ Evidence and interpretation \ Scepticism \ WOW! Worlds of wonder \ 2. Thinking Through Science \ Interpretation \ Making connections \ Faith, doubt and endeavour \ What if: Thought experiments \ Classifying \ I suppose - hypothesising \ Acts of seeing - theories \ Experimenting \ Happy accidents - serendipity in science \ Inference and deduction \ Predicting \ 3. In Search of Elegant Ideas \ Values and variables \ One white crow \ Keep things as simple as possible - Occam's razor and the principle of parsimony \ Words of science \ Science and technology \ Inventing... \ And some inventions \ The beauty of science \ 4. Science Versus The World \ Science and religion \ Bad science \ Some big questions \ Where does science end? \ So a scientist is...? \ On the shoulders of giants \ Index

About the Author :
Steve Bowkett is a full-time writer and creative writing tutor. He taught English for 18 years in the UK. Steve was a member of an advisory group to the National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781441197894
  • Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
  • Publisher Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
  • Height: 216 mm
  • Width: 138 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1441197893
  • Publisher Date: 30 Sep 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Series Title: Get Them Thinking Like...


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