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Science Resource Guide for Teaching Elementary Science

Science Resource Guide for Teaching Elementary Science

Author(s): Eva M. Ogens, Ed.

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2024

Pages: 108

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Most teachers with their busy schedules do not have time to look for science lessons or engaging activities. The Science Resource Guide for Teaching Elementary Science makes it easy to find readily available lesson plans that are totally aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The chapters are organized by topics and regardless of the grade level in which teachers are teaching, the lessons can be adapted for the level of the students. 

The book begins with a look at how science was taught in the past and how it has evolved to become a discovery-based approach where students look at natural phenomena which piques their curiosity. The introduction explains the need for scientific literacy in today's society. Addressing misconceptions is an important part of helping students construct new and accurate knowledge of science concepts. 

Each chapter specifies which grade level standards are addressed as well as the disciplinary core ideas. There is even a chapter on integrating engineering into the classroom as well as a chapter on using children's literature to enhance science teaching. A list of books arranged by disciplinary core ideas correlating with each chapter is included. 

Whether you are a new teacher just starting out, or an experienced one, this guide will bring fresh and practical ideas to teaching science and perhaps even inspire one of your students to become a scientist!

Preface 

Chapter 1 Science Teaching Then and Now
Chapter 2 Lesson Planning 
Chapter 3 Getting Started: The Nature of Science and Addressing Misconceptions 
Chapter 4 Water, Water, Everywhere 
Chapter 5 Earth Systems: Erosion, Weathering, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Continental Drift 
Chapter 6 The Earth and Human Activity 
Chapter 7 Survival, Heredity, and Adaptations 
Chapter 8 Weather, Climate, Seasons, the Sun, and the Moon 
Chapter 9 Properties of Matter and Physical and Chemical Changes 
Chapter 10 Forces and Motion 
Chapter 11 Heat and Energy Transfer 
Chapter 12 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer 
Chapter 13 How Do I Teach Engineering? I Am a Teacher, Not an Engineer! 
Chapter 14 Using Children’s Literature to Enhance Science Teaching

Eva M. Ogens, Ed.

After 30 years of experience as a middle and high school science teacher, preK-12 science and math supervisor, and administrator at every level pre K-12, Dr. Eva M. Ogens came to Ramapo College of New Jersey in 2010 to teach pre-service elementary teachers methods of teaching math and science. She also taught Social Context of Education, Student Teaching Seminar for which she wrote textbook by the same name, and actively supervises student teachers.in the field.

Dr. Eva M. Ogens graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.A. in biology and education, a Masters in Public Administration (M.P.A.) from Rutgers University, an Education Specialist degree (Ed.S) in professional development from Seton Hall University, and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, Management, and Policy from Seton Hall University. 

Her areas of research include STEM education, with an emphasis on the newly adopted Next Generation Science Standards. She is interested in the integration of children's books and language arts literacy with science, math, and STEM. She has presented over 129 professional development sessions at international, national, state, and local venues, including the International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics (Costa Rica) and the 3rd Caparica (Portugal) Congress in Antibiotic Resistance, the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), the National Student Teacher and Supervision Conference, the Association for Literacy Educators and Researchers, the New Jersey Science Convention, the NJ School Boards Association, and many school districts in the State of NJ. She has traveled abroad to study the school systems of Poland, Finland, and Sweden, and has gone on a STEM expedition to Iceland. 

Dr. Ogens has been published in the NSTA's Science and Children and Science Scope, The American Biology Teacher, The Journal of Integrated Omics, and The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment. In 2020, she was published in the Yearbook for the International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics as well as the ALER yearbook. 

Dr. Ogens realizes that most elementary teachers are so busy with a crammed daily schedule that they have no time to research or develop discovery-based science lessons. This Guide solves that problem. Every chapter has links to exciting lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards using inexpensive and common household items. Our nation needs more students interested in the STEM fields. Who knows? YOU could be the teacher that inspires our next Nobel Prize winner!

Most teachers with their busy schedules do not have time to look for science lessons or engaging activities. The Science Resource Guide for Teaching Elementary Science makes it easy to find readily available lesson plans that are totally aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The chapters are organized by topics and regardless of the grade level in which teachers are teaching, the lessons can be adapted for the level of the students. 

The book begins with a look at how science was taught in the past and how it has evolved to become a discovery-based approach where students look at natural phenomena which piques their curiosity. The introduction explains the need for scientific literacy in today's society. Addressing misconceptions is an important part of helping students construct new and accurate knowledge of science concepts. 

Each chapter specifies which grade level standards are addressed as well as the disciplinary core ideas. There is even a chapter on integrating engineering into the classroom as well as a chapter on using children's literature to enhance science teaching. A list of books arranged by disciplinary core ideas correlating with each chapter is included. 

Whether you are a new teacher just starting out, or an experienced one, this guide will bring fresh and practical ideas to teaching science and perhaps even inspire one of your students to become a scientist!

Preface 

Chapter 1 Science Teaching Then and Now
Chapter 2 Lesson Planning 
Chapter 3 Getting Started: The Nature of Science and Addressing Misconceptions 
Chapter 4 Water, Water, Everywhere 
Chapter 5 Earth Systems: Erosion, Weathering, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Continental Drift 
Chapter 6 The Earth and Human Activity 
Chapter 7 Survival, Heredity, and Adaptations 
Chapter 8 Weather, Climate, Seasons, the Sun, and the Moon 
Chapter 9 Properties of Matter and Physical and Chemical Changes 
Chapter 10 Forces and Motion 
Chapter 11 Heat and Energy Transfer 
Chapter 12 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer 
Chapter 13 How Do I Teach Engineering? I Am a Teacher, Not an Engineer! 
Chapter 14 Using Children’s Literature to Enhance Science Teaching

Eva M. Ogens, Ed.
Eva M. Ogens, Ed.

After 30 years of experience as a middle and high school science teacher, preK-12 science and math supervisor, and administrator at every level pre K-12, Dr. Eva M. Ogens came to Ramapo College of New Jersey in 2010 to teach pre-service elementary teachers methods of teaching math and science. She also taught Social Context of Education, Student Teaching Seminar for which she wrote textbook by the same name, and actively supervises student teachers.in the field.

Dr. Eva M. Ogens graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.A. in biology and education, a Masters in Public Administration (M.P.A.) from Rutgers University, an Education Specialist degree (Ed.S) in professional development from Seton Hall University, and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, Management, and Policy from Seton Hall University. 

Her areas of research include STEM education, with an emphasis on the newly adopted Next Generation Science Standards. She is interested in the integration of children's books and language arts literacy with science, math, and STEM. She has presented over 129 professional development sessions at international, national, state, and local venues, including the International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics (Costa Rica) and the 3rd Caparica (Portugal) Congress in Antibiotic Resistance, the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), the National Student Teacher and Supervision Conference, the Association for Literacy Educators and Researchers, the New Jersey Science Convention, the NJ School Boards Association, and many school districts in the State of NJ. She has traveled abroad to study the school systems of Poland, Finland, and Sweden, and has gone on a STEM expedition to Iceland. 

Dr. Ogens has been published in the NSTA's Science and Children and Science Scope, The American Biology Teacher, The Journal of Integrated Omics, and The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment. In 2020, she was published in the Yearbook for the International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics as well as the ALER yearbook. 

Dr. Ogens realizes that most elementary teachers are so busy with a crammed daily schedule that they have no time to research or develop discovery-based science lessons. This Guide solves that problem. Every chapter has links to exciting lessons aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards using inexpensive and common household items. Our nation needs more students interested in the STEM fields. Who knows? YOU could be the teacher that inspires our next Nobel Prize winner!