This book is dedicated to Dr. Medows for all the hard work she has done to help us become better future teachers.

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When you give a teacher a science classroom,

she will create

a learning environment

where students develop

their own claims

on what they analyze.

If you give a teacher a science classroom,

she will want to communicate to her students that science is fun!

If the students know science is fun,

they will want to know that they will be actively engaged in many different scientific areas which encourage careers in their future.

If students know what they are learning impacts their future,

students will be invested in the teacher’s effort to develop their unique scientific habit of mind.

Then the teacher will emphasize distinguished meaningful science instruction from meaningless activities by engaging students in a variety of science practices.

Inquiry

Open-ended questions

Observation

Hands-on experiences

Process over product

Through the variety of meaningful science practices,

students will begin to engage and make sense of the natural world around each young mind.

When you give a teacher a science classroom,

she will create a learning environment where students are ready and excited to learn. They will be excited because the teacher will assess their prior knowledge through KWL charts to see what their prior knowledge and build lessons around it.

When the teacher is given a science classroom,

The teacher will decide how to deliver content to her students. The way content is delivered is key to ensure student attention while developing the scientific language and practices.