Teaching and Learning Science consists of sixty-six chapters written by more than ninety leading educators and scientists. The contributions are informed by cutting-edge theory and research and address numerous issues that are central to K–12 education. This resource will be particularly valuable for parents and teachers as schools around the country prepare students to meet the challenges presented when science is added to the No Child Left Behind Act in 2007. These insightful contributions touch on many of the most controversial topics facing science educators and students today, including evolution, testing, homeschooling, ecology, and the achievement gaps faced by girls, children of color, and ESL learners. Accessible and full of insight, the set is written for teachers, parents, and students, and offers a wealth of resources germane to K-12 settings. The book is arranged according to themes that are central to science education: language and scientific literacy, home and school relationships, equity, new roles for teachers and students, connecting science to other areas of the curriculum, resources for teachers and learners, and science in the news. The authors address controversial topics such as evolution, and present alternative ways to think about teaching, learning, the outcomes of science education, and issues associated with high stakes testing. In addition, relationships between science and literacy are explored in terms of art and science, making sense of visuals in textbooks, reading, writing, children's literature, and uses of comics to represent science. Chapters also address how to teach contemporary science, including the origin of the chemical elements, the big bang, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.

Contributions by: William J. Boone, Lisa A. Donnelly, David F. Treagust, Richard H. Kozoll, Margery D. Osborne, John R. Staver, Wolff-Michael Roth, Barry J. Fraser, Lilian Pozzer-Ardenghi, Brian Hand, William G. Holliday, Beth Wassell, Lisa M. Bouillian, Donna DeGennaro, Judith A. McGonigal, Jennifer Beers, Dale McCreedy, Jessica J. Luke, Kathryn F. Cochran, Garrett Albert Duncan, Randy K. Yerrick, Sharon Nichols, Ruby Simon, Rowhea Elmesky, Kathryn Scantlebury, Angela Calabrese Barton, Purvi Vora, Alberto J. Rodriguez, Sonya N. Martin, Susan Gleason, Melissa Fennemore, Deborah J. Tippins, Foram Bhukanwala, Sarah-Kate LaVan, Stephen M. Ritchie, Scott Ritchie, James H. Wandersee, Renee M. Clary, Barbara Tobin, Shannon Casey, Joseph Krajcik, Rachel Mamlok-Naaman, Cassondra Giombetti, Gale Seiler, Karen Elinich, First State Robotics, Inc., Christine Klein, Jennifer D. Adams, Kimberly Lebak, Catherine Milne, Pamela J. Garnett, Tracey Otieno, David Robison, Steven Kluge, Michael J. Smith, John B. Southard, SusanA Kirch, Michele Amoroso, Katy Roussos, James Truby, John Robert de Laeter, Harry L. Shipman, Paul H. Ruscher, Miyoun Lim, Loaiza Ortiz, Isobel R. Contento, Pamela A. Koch, Marcia Dadds, Danielle Dubno, Marsha Smith, Ji-Myung Nam, Shophie Homan