Part one: the scientist within -- 1. An invitation to teaching science -- 2. Locating your scientific self -- Part two: Doing science with students: inquiry in practice -- 3. Teachers and students as science learners -- 4. Science as practice: engaging students in science process skills -- 5. Taking science outside the classroom: scientific explorations in the local environment -- 6. Exploring properties of matter: messing around with everyday materials -- 7. Explorations of living things: extended investigations -- 8. explorations of density: a learning progression -- 9. Using models and dngineering design for teaching and learning science -- 10. Breaking out of the science box -- Part three: Creating the science experience in your classroom -- 11. Science content and curriculum: the big ideas and your scientific self -- 12. Surrounded by science: making science connections across disciplines -- 13. Planning for science: lesson plans and instructional strategies -- 14. What's the big idea? assessing for understanding -- 15. Pulling it all together: reflection and self-assessment

1. Science -- Study and teaching (Middle School) -- United States
2. Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States