Getting to the Core

Chapter 12 just discussed the Big Ideas and Systems that a teacher will most definitely need to cover during the year. The information given is what we need to know to teach the subject, but I hope that almost everyone in college should already know the material mentioned in the book. The material covered was solar systems, human body systems, simple machines, the earth as a super-system, interactions and patterns of change, heat energy and matter electricity, light, sound, and magnetism. After covering these concepts, the book then goes on to explain how to develop these units, and what sort off activities would be appropriate for each unit. What I liked best about the chapter is that it gives a checklist at the end to evaluate the science curriculum that you create. It helps because if you know what to work towards, your units will be more centered, organized, and focused.