Gravity in Space

Children's Ideas in Science

The chapters in this book can be used as supplements for Sections II and IV, providing a more detailed description of many of the same research studies summarized in Making Sense of Secondary Science, one of the collective resources used in CTS. Each chapter explores ideas of students aged 10-16 about natural phenomena and examines how students' conceptions change and develop with teaching.

Bibliographic Citation:

Driver, R., Guesne, E. and Tiberghien, A. (1985). Children's Ideas in Science Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press.

Astronomy in the National Science Education Standards

This article can be used with Sections II and III as an overview of the K-12 astronomy ideas in the National Science Education Standards and their implications for curriculum and instruction. Selected sections of the article can be used with any of the topic study guides in the Astronomy Category.

Bibliographic Citation:

Adams,J. and Slater,T.(2000)Astronomy in the national science education standards. In Journal of Geoscience Education. 48(1), pp 39-45. <http://www.physics.montana.edu/physed/documents/astro-agenda-jge.pdf>