ICT and Primary Science: A Teacher's Guide

Throughout this book, the authors emphasize that primary science is at its best as a practical, hands-on experience for children. When ICT is used in an integral way, it can enable practical work to be done at a more sophisticated level, helping children to make sense of their findings. The book includes several case studies from primary classrooms and each chapter includes practical suggestions for teachers.

The wide-ranging topics covered include:

• databases and spreadsheets
• data logging
• control technology
• ICT, drama and science
• school visits
• planning for ICT and science
• choosing and using software.

ICT and Primary Science is an accessible and jargon-free resource for teachers and student teachers of primary science.

Throughout this book, the authors emphasize that primary science is at its best as a practical, hands-on experience for children. When ICT is used in an integral way, it can enable practical work to be done at a more sophisticated level, helping children to make sense of their findings. The book includes several case studies from primary classrooms and each chapter includes practical suggestions for teachers.

The wide-ranging topics covered include:

• databases and spreadsheets


• data logging


• control technology


• ICT, drama and science


• school visits


• planning for ICT and science


• choosing and using software.

ICT and Primary Science is an accessible and jargon-free resource for teachers and student teachers of primary science.

John Williams (1922-1994) was born and raised in northeast Texas. Despite a talent for writing and acting, Williams flunked out of a local junior college after his first year. He reluctantly joined the war effort, enlisting in the Army Air Corps, and managing to write a draft of his first novel while there. Once home, Williams found a small publisher for the novel and enrolled at the University of Denver, where he was eventually to receive both his B.A. and M.A., and where he was to return as an instructor in 1954.