Inspiring Young Minds: Scientific Inquiry in the Early Years

Inspiring Young Minds: Scientific Inquiry in the Early Years

Author: Julie Smart

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545189 (Softbound)

545196 (e-book)

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978-1-60554-518-9 (Softbound)

978-1-60554-519-6 (e-book)

Age Focus: 3-8

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Published by Redleaf Press

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Spark the minds of all young scientists in your program

Learn to use inquiry-based practice to inspire young minds through science. This book gives educators a solid guide for using research-based principles of inquiry to help children explore their world. With real-life examples and information on facilitating and guiding children, you will be able to engage and maximize STEM learning.

Web content and reproducible lesson plans make it easy to begin using inquiry-based instruction. Detailed case studies and accounts of conversations with children about science will help you understand different methods and tools. Enrich and inspire young minds with inquiry-based instruction.

200 pages

About Julie Smart

Julie Smart holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction and is currently a professor of math and science education at Clemson University. She is also a consultant in research methodology and program accreditation with a focus on inquiry-based instruction, teacher effectiveness, and classroom management. Smart resides in Greenville, SC, with her husband and two children. more..

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- June 6, 2017

“Science comes naturally to kids—who doesn’t like picking up leaves or watching a homemade “volcano” explode? Yet it falls to the wayside in many schools. This book has common-sense ideas for getting students to see science in the everyday.”

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Scholastic Teacher
- June 5, 2017

“Children, particularly in the younger grades, possess an insatiable curiosity regarding the world around them. Inspiring Young Minds builds on their natural intrigue and challenges their thinking by guiding explorations in developmentally appropriate and engaging ways.”

Review by: Jeff Marshall,
Clemson University
- June 5, 2017

“A concrete guide for using research-based principles of inquiry to help children ages 3 to 8 in exploring their world. Thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, Inspiring Young Minds is very highly recommended for academic library Teacher Education collections and supplemental studies reading lists.”

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Published by Redleaf Press

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Learn to use inquiry-based practice to inspire young minds through science. This book gives educators a solid guide for using research-based principles of inquiry to help children explore their world. With real-life examples and information on facilitating and guiding children, you will be able to engage and maximize STEM learning.

Age focus: 3–8.

Softbound, 200 pgs.

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