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Teaching Children Science Book Cover
Teaching Children Science: A Project-Based Approach, 2/e
Joe Krajcik, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Charlene Czerniak, University of Toledo
Carl Berger, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

How Do Children Construct Understanding in Science?

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Jean Piaget
(http://www.unige.ch/piaget/)

This private foundation, associated with the University of Geneva, collects the writings of Jean Piaget, a seminal figure in the psychology of learning and knowledge. The archives issues publications, conducts seminars, and provides research grants.
Dale's Cone of Experience
(http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/booklets/achieve/table6.html)

Maintained by the Northwest Regional Educational Library, this site illustrates how Dale's Cone of Experience can be used to improve the academic performances of African-American students.
Graphic Organizers

http://www.graphic.org
(http://www.graphic.org)

This is the home page for the Graphic Organizer. It publishes books pertaining to graphic organizers, and it produces a visual learning package for grades K-3.
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm
(http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm)

This site is maintained by the North Central Regional Educational Library. A Graphic Organizer is a tool that illustrates a student or class's prior knowledge of a topic. This site supplies several such tools.