January 9, 2017
The SSEC's curriculum, Science and Technology for Children (STC), is highlighted throughout the book, "Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School: A Project-based Approach" by Joe Krajcik and charlene Czerniak (Routledge, 2014). This book offers in-depth information about the fundamental features of project-based science and strategies for implementing the approach. In project-based science classrooms students investigate, use technology, develop artifacts, collaborate, and make products to show what they have learned. Paralleling what scientists do, project-based science represents the essence of inquiry and the nature of science. Project-based science embodies the principles in A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. Blending principles of learning and motivation with practical teaching ideas, this text shows how project-based learning is related to ideas in the Framework and provides concrete strategies for meeting its goals.
Read more at https://books.google.com/books?id=PhCpAgAAQBAJ&source=gbs_bo...