Jeff Bloom is Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning at Northern Arizona University.

I: Getting Started; 1: Introduction; 2: Initial Explorations; II: Teaching Science for Children's Meaningful Learning; 3: The Nature of Science; 4: Children's Learning and Sense Making; 5: Children's Talk; 6: Teaching and Learning through Inquiry; 7: Assessing Children's Thinking, Learning, and Talk; 8: Planning and Implementing Instruction; 9: The Classroom as a Community of Young Scientists; 10: Reflective Practice; 11: Where to Go from Here

Creating a Classroom Community of Young Scientists helps teachers - both pre-service and in-service - to develop exciting science programs in their classrooms. This book provides the groundwork for designing and implementing a science program that takes into account the latest research in teaching and learning.