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Brain-Compatible Science

Second Edition
By: Margaret Angermeyer Mangan

Fully engage your students in science instruction that promotes deep understanding of essential concepts.

Gain fresh insights for teaching, learning, and assessing knowledge of critical science concepts through the exploration of research-based practices for science education. This second edition, linked to National Science Education Standards, provides an abundance of fully developed science lessons that give students maximum exposure to new ideas and ways of thinking. Easily adaptable to any science curriculum, the lessons include:

Learning objectives, assessment rubrics, and checklists
Background information
Preactivity discussions with step-by-step procedures
Reproducible pages
Closure and extension suggestions, as well as technology connections

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Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412939966
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2006
Page Count: 248
Publication date: November 14, 2006

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"Very useful to K-12 classroom teachers and preservice teachers. The examples, vignettes, cases, and stories are powerful, and the lesson plans are well done and easy to use."
--Mandy Frantti, Science and Mathematics Teacher
Munising High School, MI

"The author focuses on science as a process, uses familiar examples to explain abstract principles, and provides detailed lessons that align with national science standards, connect to other content areas, and scaffold the development of additional lessons."
--Sally Berman, Educational Consultant and Former Science Teacher
Ontonagon, MI

Fully engage your students in science instruction that promotes deep understanding of essential concepts.

Gain fresh insights for teaching, learning, and assessing knowledge of critical science concepts through the exploration of research-based practices for science education. Brain-Compatible Science, Second Edition shows teachers how to incorporate practices such as constructivism and inquiry-based learning into their science instruction to help students move beyond memorizing facts to deeper levels of understanding.

Linked to National Science Education Standards, this resource also provides an abundance of fully developed science lessons that give students maximum exposure to new ideas and ways of thinking. Easily adapted to any science curriculum, the lessons include:

Learning objectives, assessment rubrics, and checklists
Background information
Pre-activity discussions with step-by-step procedures
Reproducible pages
Closure and extension suggestions

This powerful model of science instruction invites students into a process of meaningful inquiry, helping them develop positive attitudes about science, and ensuring that they understand important concepts and principles.

Key features

Presents best practices for science education and covers a wide range of related topics
Offers detailed lesson plans that can connect to any science curricula
Links lessons to National Science Education Standards
Includes a variety of assessment strategies
Provides technology connections for each lesson

Author(s)

Margaret Angermeyer Mangan

Margaret Mangan is an award-winning educator whose teaching experience spans 36 years and grades 1 through 8 in Wisconsin schools. Most recently, Margaret taught science at Whitefish Bay Middle School, and prior to that was a science specialist for elementary schools in Whitefish Bay. Operating from a cart, Margaret traveled to forty-one classrooms a week to teach hands-on science to first through fifth graders. Drawing from inquiry, constructivist, and brain-based learning models, Margaret uses a variety of teaching strategies that address diverse learning styles. In addition to working with students, Margaret presents hands-on science workshops for educators. Margaret has a Master’s of Education in professional development with an emphasis in science education from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee.

Table of Contents

Listing of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction: Envisioning a New Paradigm for Science Education

I. Chaos Theory

1. Fractals: A Metaphor for Constructivism, Patterns, and Perspective

2. Iteration: A Metaphor for Change in Science Curriculum and Information Management

3. Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions: A Metaphor for Change in Gender Equity and Diversity

4. Strange Attractors, Phase Space, and Phase Portraits: A Metaphor for Change in Learning Environments and Habits of Mind

5. Bifurcations and Period Doubling: A Metaphor Featuring Choices, Joy, and Surprise

6. Turbulence: A Changing Perspective of Discipline and Classroom Management

II. New Science Principles: Implications of New Science Principles for Science Education

7. A New Look at Evolutionary Biology: A Metaphor for Change in Curriculum Integration and Localization

8. A New Look at Self-Organization: A Metaphor for Change in Knowledge Construction

9. Dissipative Structures: A Metaphor to Emphasize the Significance of Community and Values

10. Quantum Mechanics: A Metaphor for Change in the Power of Relationships, Energy, and Paradox

III. Chaos Theory and New Science Principles Summary

Glossary

References

Index

Reviews

"Very useful to K–12 classroom teachers and pre-service teachers. The examples, vignettes, cases, and stories are powerful, and the lesson plans are well done and easy to use."

Mandy Frantti, Science and Mathematics Teacher
Munising High School, MI

"A model of science instruction that promotes deep understanding of processes and principles, meaningful transfer of learning to new settings, and a positive attitude toward the role of science and technology in society that will help today’s students develop into tomorrow’s informed decision makers."

Sally Berman, Educational Consultant and Former Science Teacher
Author of Service Learning

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