A trip away from school, usually in a bus or van provided by the school system, to a site that has some particular relevance to the lesson or unit that the pupils are studying at school
Field Trip
100
Before your students can explore an area or investigate a phenomenon, you will need to what?
know the area yourself
100
During data collection, pupils should work in _______.
pairs
100
What can students learn about in the local environment?
birds, wild flowers, trees
100
Where can you find curriculum activities in this book?
the appendix
200
Field trips should be treated as means of making _______ and collecting _______.
observations; data
200
The activities in the chapter suggest ways that you can help children learn in ______ and what they encounter in their ______ outside of school.
school; lives
200
What did science education once consist almost entirely of?
nature study
200
Your lessons will depend on what three factors?
the part of the country you live in, where the school is located (urban, suburban, rural), what grade level you are teaching
200
Teachers should walk around and look for what before a lesson?
physical and environmental hazards
300
Give an example of how taking science beyond the classroom being literal.
using the schoolyard, taking children on field trips, and visiting museums
300
Sound teaching usually begins with questions and phenomena that are _______ and ________ to students.
interesting; familiar
300
Some of the investigations in this chapter sugguest ways that you can help children make __________________ between what they learn in __________ and what they encounter in their lives outside of school.
connections; school
300
What was nature study intended to develop?
Nature study was intended to develop children's appreciation for the natural world and to increase their knowledge of it.
300
What changed in science 50 years ago?
Students young and older were expected to learn all areas of science.
400
What can a visit to an appropriate site make?
it can make the classroom learning come alive and can be an experience that children remember all their lives.
400
Science education plays an important role in meeting what goal?
preparing students to become responsible citizens
400
Children may be assigned to get specific information about a _____ and _______ it or make it available to others in some way.
site; report
400
The three goals of taking science beyond the classroom are:
to develop an appreciation of the natural world, to learn concepts related to the environment, to develop science process skills that are appropriate for their ages
400
What areas are taught in science today?
physics, chemistry, earth science, biology
500
Give an example of how taking science beyond the classroom is less literal.
relating science in the classroom to the world outside its four walls; it means bringing larger societal issues down to the local level and studying problems that are of concern ans interest to children.
500
Teachers should start with what kind of questions?
questions about nature
500
Children should be aware what four things before going on a field trip?
about the site, know what to expect, know what to look for, know what they will be expected to do or report upon their return
500
Children in the intermediate grades can develop a fuller understanding of interrelationships of organisms that they find in the environment to the impact of _________________________.
human activities on the environment
500
What should the teacher be aware of before taking the students out of the classroom?