K-2 Professional Bibliography: Inquiry

AIMS Education Foundation K-3 science books

http://wwws.aimsedu.org/aims_store/Grades-K-3-p-1-c-31.html

AIMS Foundation does not provide a ‘curriculum’ per se, but they offer excellent activities which pair math and science. All activities are low cost and well tested before they are published. Directions are easy to follow and

all materials are reproducible.

Llewellyn, Douglas Inquire Within: Implementing Inquiry Based Science Standards , Corwin Press, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA 2002.

ISBN 0-7619-7745-7

If you are having a hard time deciphering what ‘inquiry’ is, this is a detailed look at the range of ideas that apply to the concept. Some activities are used to illustrate what inquiry is about. I see this as mainly a reference.

Pearce, Charles R. Nurturing Inquiry: Real Science for the Elementary Classroom , Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, 1999.

ISBN 0-325-00135-9

This is an excellent book on using inquiry in the classroom, but probably has more for grades 2-5 than preK-1. There are lots of tools and workshhets reminiscent of materials developed for book groups.

Reinburg, Claire (Ed.) Mixing It Up , NSTA Press, Arlington, VA, 2003.

ISBN 0-87355-231-8

This is a good NSTA collection of beginning activities. About half are appropriate for K-2, so it’s a good resource. All of the activities are extensively documented along the lines of the ‘Science and Children’ journal articles.

Yager, Robert E. and Enger, Sandra K. Exemplary Science in Grades PreK-4, NSTA Press, Arlington, VA, 2006.

ISBN 0-87355-261-X

This is a well researched resource for theory, not activities. It could be an excellent guide for further exploration.