Donovan, Suzanne, and John Bransford.
How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom
. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2005. As the title suggests, this book helps explain how leading educators present science curricula to maximize learning. Specifically helpful were the elementary examples.
Epstein, Lewis C.
Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality
. San Francisco, CA: Insight Press, 2002. A good beginner’s guide for teachers that answers some basic physics-related questions. Written in an easy-to-understand way.
Carolina Press. STC Teacher's Guide: Liquids and Solids. Burlington, NC: Carolina Biological Supply Company, 2005. This is the current district curriculum that provides the fundamental concepts and principles for second grade students. The text is available on line.
Esler, William K., and Mary K. Esler.
Teaching Elementary Science: A Full Spectrum Science Instruction Approach
. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2001. This is a very comprehensive text with lots of examples of instruction and techniques across many science content areas.
Pearce, Charles R.
Nurturing Inquiry: Real Science for the Elementary Classroom
. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1999. Great examples and ideas of how to incorporate daily opportunities for students to explore, investigate and discover in the science classroom.
Shipman, James T., Jerry D. Wilson, and Aaron W. Todd.
An Introduction to Physical Science,
12
th
Edition (Cengage, New York, 2009)
www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html. Great website for teachers and students to learn fundamental science vocabulary and examples.
Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner., and Paul Meisel.
What Is the World Made Of?: All about Solids, Liquids, and Gases
. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. Good examples of the states of matter and some basic activities to demonstrate the attributes of each. Level 2 reader.
