Teacher's Guide for Grade Five, Preliminary National Science
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 14.8 619 SE 023 745 TITLE COPES, Conceptually Oriented' Prqgram in Elementary Science: Teacher's Guide for Grade Five, Preliminary Edition. INSTITUTION New York Univ., N.Y. Center for Field Researcli:and School Services. SPONS AGENCY National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Office . - of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE . 73 NOTE . 437p.: For related documents, see SE 023 743-744 and ED 054 939; Not available in hard copy due to copyright restrictions AVAILABLE FROM Center for Educational Research, -New York University, 11 Press Building, Washington Square, New York, N.Y. 10003 ($8.40; over 10, .less, 2%, over 25, 'less 5%) EDRS PRICE, HF-$0.83,Plus Postage. HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Curriculum; *Curriculum Development; Curriculum Guides; Elementary Education; *Elementary School Science; *Grade 5;- Science CurriculuM; Science Education; *teaching Guides IDENTIFIERS *Conceptually Oriented Program Elementary Science . ABSTRACT This ddcument provides the teacher's guide for grade five for the Conceptually Oriented Program in ElementaryScience (COPES) science curriculum project. The guide includes an introduction to COPES, instructions for using .the guides instructions . for assessment of student's grade 4 mastery of science concepts,-and five science units. Each unit includes from three to live activities and an assessment. Unit topics include: cells, work, heat, energy transformations, and investigating populations. Each activity includes a teaching sequence and commentary. 014 *********************************************************,*********** * Documents acquired by ERIC 'include many informal unpublished '* * materials not available from other sources. 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TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ATING [T''POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRF INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC} AND SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF USERS OP THE ERIC SYSTEM " EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY O COPES Conceptually Oriented Program in Elementary Science Teacher's Guide for Grade Fiv Prelinfinary Edition. 4 NEWYORK UNIVERSITY Printed and Distributed by the Center for Field Research and Schoch Services 4 4 Th A r o. r 1 Tr 0 It -IR ,© Copyright 1973, New York ,Universit) Thixs,Teacheris-Quiderepresentsone ofthe- productsof the COP Project at New York Uhiversity *which is supA ed by funds from the BUreauof Research, U.' S.-Office of Education, the National SCience Foundation. a' Copyright for these materials is, claimed only dving the period o'fdevelopartent,.teS't, and evaluation,unlessauthorization is granted by t14 U.S. Office ofEdujtion to claim copyright also on the final'materials. For firtormatipn on the status of the copyright claim, contact the cop right proprietor or the U: S. Office of Education. 9 ti (It 4 COPES: Background and Acknowledgmeniks/ Recognition of thtneed fo'ra highly' structured, sequentially or- ganized K-6 science programgrew out of a three-days copference on elementary.schol science conducted by New York University scientists, psychologists, and educatorsin lq62".. Asa result orthis'conference, Morris H. Shamos,Professor of Ph/sics,and J. Darrell 'Barnard, Professor of Science'Education,developed a plan to produce a conceptually orientedprogram in elementary science' (COPES). With the 'admihisIrative support of Dean Daniel E. Griffiths% of the School of Education, andDean George, Winchester Stone, Jr., of the Graduate Schoolof Arts and Sci- ence, the plan was accepted as an all-University project. The AdviS'ory Committee' and Consultantsto the project include the following members; A Or , ft /ADVISTik'Y COMMITTEE . / / 1i h . J. Myron Atkin,/Dean, School of Education,(UniversityeofIlli . nois, Urbana./ I . / a 4 Margaret B' Dordick, Principal, Kensington- JohnsonSchool, Great41',' Neck, New York , - '\- , Glen'H alf.hers, Professor of Educat'ionallteSearch,University of . Pitts ur411 ,... - , ? , /' ...- .:. / . T M.J.Kopac, Professor of Biology, ftNew York University e A. ,Korff, Professor of Physics,),New York Univer,sity Roper F. Larsen, Superintendent of Schools, Bethpage, New ?avic , '6 t Nagel, ProfessorEmeitusrrofessor of Philosciphy,.ColUmbiaeUtsiver- . sity, Ne York .' . , . , , . Charles G. OVerSberger, Professor of.chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , ., , ,._ Leo Schubert,Professor'of Chemis"t/rycAmeric'ap. Uriive;sitY. Washington, D.C. ( . Mark Zemansky, Professor Emeritus of Physics, .City University of New York J CONSULTANTS .- , . 'Robert Bernoff, Associate Orofessor of Chemistry, PenUsyixania State University at Ogo 'tz . Seymour S. Brody,'Profe 2sor of Biology, 'New York University .William J. Crotty, Professor of,Biology, NewYoi.k University Muriel Green, Supervisor of Science, District 29,'New York City ,Public Schools Alvin Hertzberg; Principal, Cherr2 Lane School, Great Neck, New York Mori.is Kline, Professor of Mathematics, New Yor University Alvin I. Kosak, Professor of Chemistry, New York Un'iversity Mary B udd Rowe, Associate Professor of Science Education, Uni- veksity of Florida at Gainesvill.e Malvin A. Ruderman, Adjunct Professor ofPhys ics,New York University Arnbld A. Ztrassenbu'rg, Professor of Physics, St te University of New York at Stony Prook ~Davis A. Young, Assistant Professor of rology, ew York University --, A two-year pilot study to tesetbe feasibility of a conceptual schemes approach was funded by the United States Office of Educa- tion. The success of the pilot" study, dealing with one concep- tual scheme--the conservation of energy--led to the producti n . Xan'elementary school science program based upon the five on- ptual schemes outlined in the Introduction' to this Guide;. The COPES Staff is cited below, along with previousmembtig whok have "contributed to"the.Grade'5 materials; iv 5 0 .,s, THE COPES STAFF . o J it tiorrisH. Sha ..Lois Arnold '6irector . Editor 1:. DarrellBarnard \ Nancy L. Macus -AlssociateDirector Associate Editor, ,1 . 4. , ijanice A. Cutler ' C. Theodora i., D ?Vries Assistant Directo'r Administrativef Assistant Philip R. Merrifield Pauline Zahlout Head, Evaluation`lieam 'Technician PREVIOUS MEMBERS OF THE STAFF , ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT (5F, COPES GRADE 5MATERIALS Joan Alexander , Dorothy M. Lynch NTeaching Assistant .Administrtion Assistant 1, Ronald Caru o -Joseph B. Rubinstein Elementary School Teacher Biologist 3 Dean R. Casperson' Anne Saenger Science Educator Elementary,Science Consultant Vincent S. Darnowski 9RashiAShah Science Educator ,Evaluation Spedialist ArnOldH. Diamond Stanley Simmons Evaluation *SpeciAist Science. egacher, Katherip.e E.' Hill Jane H. Steury Evaluation and Elementary Elementary ,School Teacher -Science'Specislist, - 4 Kit Irvine, Bobby J. Woodruff Elementary Science Specialis t. Science Educator to ,-aay teachers arid staff members have been actively involvedin t /sting and teaching the COPES material-S. A liaboratory school at the Urlivers.ity, as well as regular classrooms of cooperating teachers, tested the initial Grade 5 matet'ials. v 0 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PRINCIPALS AND(TEACHERS INVOLVED IN TRIALS OF 71-10'RAbE 5 MATERIALS Grade Church School Public School 41 New ork,,,New York. New York, Net.? York Henry 0. Milliken, dr. Irvyi.ng Kreitzberg. Headmaster Principal Kensington-Johnson School Oak Drive School, Great'Neck, Nev York Plainview, New York Margaret B. Dardick, Principal Fred Karpman, Principal Edith Edwards, teacher Daniel Rosenfeld, teacher - Naomi Starobin, teacher Parkville School Joyce Road School Great Neck, New York Plainview, New York Edward F. Stone, Principal Marvin Witte, Principal Miriam Chatinover, teacher Leonard Storz, teacher,. ' Robert Kr4pp, teacher / Theodore Rodsevelt.School Baldwin Drive-S.O/ol Oyster Bay', NewYork Plainedge, New York f'. Daniel F. Stevens, Leonard DiGioxianni, Principa], Former Principal Stanley Nikodem, teacher, Warren Reichert, Science Consultant r 0 Several research studies'have been conducted with the COPESmate-//' rials. Leon Ukeris conducted a research study in Towson, Mary- land includingMinisequence II of this grade as part of his doe- toral studies at New York University. Many other teachers, scientists, science educators, and scholol communities, have contributed andstill are contributing to the irogram. Acknowledgment must also, ile extended to -those many ildren who have worked with COPESAhnaterials and wh6 have ero- ded us with immediate and invaluable critiques of the Acivi: ties. )* Finally, we wish to acknowledge the assistance of the Publica- `tions Bureau of N.Y.U.;-who helped toprepare this Guide,- and of David Prestone, Lawrence Trupiano, and James Ceribello of the Fat Cat Studio, who did the iljustraliti.ons. vi V Contents r COPES: BACKGROUND AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii AN INTRODUCTION" Ta COPES : 1 USING