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|content=This very popular guide, now released below, provides content for those keen to teach science using information technology as a tool which is also of interest to primary school teachers who need to teach pupils a prescribed set of IT skills. This book includes countless ideas for using IT tools in science and provides practical examples of how they can work to good effect. Ideas are classified as follows:<br/> | |content=This very popular guide, now released below, provides content for those keen to teach science using information technology as a tool which is also of interest to primary school teachers who need to teach pupils a prescribed set of IT skills. This book includes countless ideas for using IT tools in science and provides practical examples of how they can work to good effect. Ideas are classified as follows:<br/> | ||
<br/>* Communicating – using graphics, publishing and word processing tools.<br />* Drawing graphs and doing calculations – using a spreadsheet or graphing program.<br/>* Classifying things – sorting sets of animals or plants – using a branching database.<br/>* Measuring in science – using electronic sensors and data loggers.<br/>* Playing with science ideas – modelling using a spreadsheet, simulation or animation<br/> | <br/>* Communicating – using graphics, publishing and word processing tools.<br />* Drawing graphs and doing calculations – using a spreadsheet or graphing program.<br/>* Classifying things – sorting sets of animals or plants – using a branching database.<br/>* Measuring in science – using electronic sensors and data loggers.<br/>* Playing with science ideas – modelling using a spreadsheet, simulation or animation.<br/>* Collecting information – using the Internet.<br/> | ||
The book pre-dated the use of the internet for communicating and research, hence the use of the term IT (and not ICT) in primary science. | The book pre-dated the use of the internet for communicating and research, hence the use of the term IT (and not ICT) in primary science. | ||
