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Elementary school science programs are improved when...

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Elementary school science programs are improved when...

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-teachers keep abreast of appropriate science education research.
-educational research becomes the premise for change or innovation in elementary school science, and teachers participate in action research in elementary science

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-the curricular objectives and instructional mode.
-the purpose for which it was intended: grading, diagnosis, student and/or parent feedback, or program evaluation.

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The community must be advocates for elementary school science by...

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The community must be advocates for elementary school science by...

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-participating in ongoing planning, assessment, and funding of elementary science programs.
-promoting informal science learning experiences.

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Administrators must provide support systems by...

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Administrators must provide support systems by...

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-supplying appropriate materials, equipment, and space.
-recognizing exemplary elementary science teaching.
-encouraging special science events.

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Administrators must provide instructional leadership by...

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Administrators must provide instructional leadership by...

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-building consensus for an elementary science program that reflects state and national standards.
-implementing and monitoring the progress of the science program.

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Elementary school students learn science best when...

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Elementary school students learn science best when...

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-they are involved
-instruction builds directly on the student's conceptual framework.
-math and communication skills are part of your science lesson

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The elementary science program must provide opportunities for students to develop understandings and skills necessary to function productively as problem-solvers in a scientific and technological world.

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The National Science Teachers Association supports the notion that inquiry science must be a basic in the daily curriculum of every elementary school student at every grade level.

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Evaluate:  This step can actually take place all through the learning cycle.   Here the teacher assesses in some way that the students have learned the required concept.

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Extend:  In this step the teacher provides a chance for the student to apply the learning in a new, but related way.

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Explain: During this portion of the lesson the teachers asks questions to get the student to articulate the learning based on the experience in the previous step.  The teachers does not explain the concept.  Well planned questions.

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Explore: During the explore the teacher has the students interact with some materials. Often the teacher gives a simple, but open ended direction.

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Engage is where the teacher does something to pique the interest of the students.

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Inquiry is the best way to teach science. It allows students to gain conceptual understanding based on their own experience during the lesson.