Celebrating Science - A Family Science Project



  Educational Books and Articles


Science Education Reform

National Research Council. (1996). National science education standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

National Science Resources Center, National Academy of Sciences, & Smithsonian Institution. (1997). Science for all children: A guide to improving science education in your school district. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). (2001). Atlas of science literacy. Washington, DC: AAAS and National Science Teachers Association.

Inquiry-based Science

Blosser, P.E. (2000). How to… ask the right questions. Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association.

Connect: Inquiry learning. (2000, March/April). Connect Magazine. 13. Retrieved from http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/about/publications/index.html

Hammerman, E. (2006). Eight essentials of inquiry-based science, K-8. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc.

Llewellyn, D. (2002). Inquiry within: Implementing inquiry-based science standards. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc.

Lowery, L. F. (1998). The biological basis of thinking and learning. FOSS Newsletter. Retrieved from http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/foss/newsletters/archive/pdfs/FOSS_BBTL.pdf

National Research Council. (2000). Inquiry and the National science education standards: A guide for teaching and learning. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Saul, W., Dieckman, D., Pearce, C., & Neutze, D. (2005). Beyond the science fair: Creating a kids' inquiry conference. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books, Inc.

Parental Engagement

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). (1996). Science and mathematics reform: What do parents need to know to get involved? Washington, DC: AAAS.

Barber, J. (2000). Parent partners: Workshops to foster school/home/family partnerships. Berkeley, CA: GEMS/Lawrence Hall of Science.