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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. --Scholastic Teacher How do we give young children opportunities to explore science for themselves? How can we ask children effective questions in science? This book answers these questions and more and provides a guide for using research-based principles for inquiry to help children explore their world. --Learning 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. --Midwest Book Review 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. --Jeff Marshall, Department Chair Teaching and Learning, Clemson University

""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."" --Scholastic Teacher How do we give young children opportunities to explore science for themselves? How can we ask children effective questions in science? This book answers these questions and more and provides a guide for using research-based principles for inquiry to help children explore their world. --Learning ""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."" --Midwest Book Review ""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."" --Jeff Marshall, Department Chair Teaching and Learning, Clemson University

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. --Scholastic Teacher 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. --Midwest Book Review 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. --Jeff Marshall, Department Chair Teaching and Learning, Clemson University

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. --Scholastic Teacher How do we give young children opportunities to explore science for themselves? How can we ask children effective questions in science? This book answers these questions and more and provides a guide for using research-based principles for inquiry to help children explore their world. --Learning 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. --Midwest Book Review 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. --Jeff Marshall, Department Chair Teaching and Learning, Clemson University

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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.

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