Grounded in contemporary science education reform, the updated third edition of this valuable resource for elementary and middle school science teachers supplies concrete approaches to support the science and science-integrated engineering learning of all students, especially students of color and English language learners.

John Settlage is a Professor at the University of Connecticut. He coordinates the local STEM Teacher Preparation and is a Co-Editor of the Science Education journal.

Sherry A. Southerland is a Professor at Florida State University. She is a Co-Editor of the Science Education journal and is a mentor to doctoral students and fellow faculty.

Lara K. Smetana is an Associate Professor at Loyola University Chicago and teaches elementary science methods.

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue is a Professor at Towson University where she teaches science and engineering methods and directs an elementary integrated STEM graduate program.

Foreword Gloria Ladson-Billings

Preface

1. Providing All Students with Access to Science

2. Nature of Science: Seeing Science from a Bird's Eye View

3. Science Activity: Collecting Information while Investigating

4. Developing Explanations as a Science Activity

5. Using Theory to Explain and Understand Science Learning

6. Multiple Strategies to Assess Science Learning

7. Questioning Strategies within Ambitious Science Teaching

8. Varied Approaches to Science Instruction

9. Incorporating Engineering Design into Science Classrooms -- Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue

10. Managing Classrooms for Science Learning

11. Teachers Negotiating Different Communities

INDEX