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This CD-ROM consists of simulation software that allows students to conduct countless experiments using 20 Java simulators and curriculum units that explore light and color, forces and motion, sound and waves, static electricity and magnetism, current electricity, the nature of matter, and a unit on underpinnings. Setups can be designed by the…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Computer Simulation, Curriculum Development, Electricity
Direct linkDonovan, M. Suzanne, Ed.; Bransford, John D., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2005
"How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom" builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling "How People Learn." Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness. Organized for utility, the book explores how the principles of learning can…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Learning, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Science
