Science+Readings

Science Readings described below come from NSTA's journal Science and Children unless otherwise stated. From TTU library's home page select "More Search Options".... Journals...Type in "Science and Children".... Select "Education Full Text." Login with your TTU username and password. Select the year and issue of the journal required & then download and read the article. Print the article of your choice and include in your science learning log. @http://www2.tntech.edu/library/index.asp

//Refer to your assignment calendar to see the format of the graphic organizer that you should use with each reading to include in your learning log.//


 * All Weekly Science Readings are now uploaded as a zip file to the content section of iLearn for Science. **

__Reading One__ Intro to Science Learning - Handout distributed to you in class And __Reading Two__ Select **one** of the following articles that focus on Engineering Design:
 * Week 2 - An Intro to Science Learning & Engineering Desgin**
 * Cost or Quality: Teaching fourth and fifth graders about engineering optimization and trade-offs. by: By Şenay Purzer, Daphne Duncan-Wiles, and Johannes Strobel; January 2013
 * Family Style Engineering: Learning alongside students creates a win–win situation for all By Lara K. Smetana, Joan Chadde Schumaker,Wendy Severin Goldfien, and Cheryl Nelson; Dec. 2012
 * Shedding Light on Engineering Design: Scientific inquiry leads to an engineering challenge, and both are illuminated. By Brenda M. Capobianco, Chell Nyquist, and Nancy Tyrie; January 2013

__Read__ Helping Students Understand the NOS; February 2009 & Understanding the True Meaning of NOS; October 2005 __OR Read__ The NOS Challenge; October 2011
 * Week 3 - Inquiry and the Nature of Science (NOS)**

Choose one of the following articles: Fire up the Inquiry by Kimberly Lott, March 2011 The Many Levels of Inquiry by Heather Banchi & Randy Bell, October 2008
 * Week 4 - Planning a 5E or 6E Lesson**

Choose one of the following: A is For Assessment by Shannon McNair, September 2004 Seamless Assessment by Mark Volkmann & Sandra Abell, May 2003
 * Week 5 - Assessment**


 * Week 6 - Scientific Skills and Dispositions**
 * Each member of your table group should select a different article to read**
 * 1) Activities that Really Measure Up, by Lorraine Smith, Donna Sterling, & Patricia Moyer-Packenham, October 2006
 * 2) Beyond Predictions, by Dennis Smithenry & Jenny Kim, October 2010
 * 3) Inference or Observation? by Kevin Finson, October 2010
 * 4) Personalized Inquiry, by Patricia Simpson, December 2010
 * 5) Developing a Scientific Argument; Summer 2013

Select one of the following articles to read
 * Week 7 - Science for Diverse Learners**
 * 1) Girls in Science Rule! by Jan Moore, April 2003 [[file:GirlsinScienceRule.pdf]]
 * 2) Science Centers For All, by Leslie Irwin, Christine Nucci, & Carol, Beckett, February 2003 [[file:ScienceCentersforAll.pdf]]
 * 3) Teaching Science to English-as Second-Language-Learners, by Gayle Buck, November/December 2000 [[file:TeachingSciencetoESL.pdf]]
 * 4) Responding to the Need for Intervention; December 2012

Select one of the following articles to read.
 * Week 8 - Outdoor Classroom**
 * 1) Outdoor Classrooms - Planning Make Perfect by Sarah Haines; Summer 2006
 * 2) Outdoor Integration; February 2011
 * 3) Get "Em Outside, by Lisa Weise, March 2012

Select one of the following articles to read.
 * Week 9 - Extensions within and Beyond the Classroom**
 * 1) A Transforming Partnership, by Susan Black, January 2006
 * 2) Journey into the Five Senses, by Susan McWilliams, February 2003 [[file:JourneyintotheFiveSenses.pdf]]
 * 3) Science Alive!, by Kay Tally-Foos, January 2005
 * 4) Simple Machines in the Community, by Robert Bryan,Aris Laroder, Deborah Tippins, Meliza (Melai) Emaz, and Ryan Fox, March 2008
 * 5) Take the Science Fair Online, by James Tubbs, December 2007
 * 6) The Built Environment, by Gregory Benedis-Grab, February 2010
 * 7) The Farmer in the Lab, by Jeanine Huss and Cheryl Baker, February 2010