Raham R. Teaching Science Fact with Science Fiction

Portsmouth: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. — 156 p.The literature of science fiction packs up the facts and discoveries of science and runs off to futures filled with both wonders and warnings. Kids love to take the journeys it offers for the thrill of the ride, but they can learn as they travel, too. This book will provide you with: an overview of the past 500 years of scientific thought and the literature of science fiction which it inspired; suggestions for finding and adapting the kind of science fiction that will work best for your classroom; detailed ideas and resources for teaching concepts in the physical, earth, space, and life sciences, as well in history and mathematics; and suggested activities for a variety of grade levels. Appendices provide: science references to help you keep the facts and the fictions straight; national science content standards; and detailed lesson plans for an earth science unit where students travel the depths of time and create their own time travelers' diaries.Using Fiction to Turn Kids On to Science.
Telling a Good Story.
Trying Ouf Alternate Futures.
Inspiration to Create the Future You Want.
Generating Those Science-Based Epiphanies.
Is Science Fiction 'Heathen1' Literature?
The Origins of Science and Science Fiction: Serendipity and Genius.
Greek Rationalism.
Copernicus and a New Set of Standards.
Newton's Grand Synthesis.
Applying Reason; A New World View.
1850-1950: A Century of Mystery, Awe, and Power.
Darwin's Grand Synthesis and Deep Time.
An Expanding Universe and Distorted Space-Time.
Science. Technology, and Human Affairs.
1950-200: A Half-Century of Space Travel.
Computers, and В tore volutions.
Exploring the Boundless Frontier.
Creating the Interactive Machine.
The Secrets of Life.
The Humanizing of Science Fiction.
Media Science Fiction and Pop Culture.
What Kind of Science Fiction Is Right for You?
A Classic Radio Broadcast: War of the Worlds.
The Television Generation.
Cinema Science Fiction.
Literary SF in the Short Form.
Science Fiction on the Web.
SF Resources and Lesson Plans; The Physical Sciences.
The Newtonian Universe.
Black Holes, Quantum Uncertainties, and Distorted Space-Time Additional Resources.
SF Resources and Lesson Plans: Earth and Space Sciences.
Earth, Life, and Deep Time.
Short Fiction Set in Deep Time.
Aliens in Deep Space and Planet-Building.
SF Resources and Lesson Plans: The Life Sciences.
Of Spice and Sandworms.
Artificial Life on Trial.
In Search of ET.
SF Resources across Space-Time and the Curriculum.
Alternate History/Parallel Worlds and Time Travel.
History as a Template tor the Future.
SFand Mathematics.
Appendix. Resources for Keeping (he Facts and the Fiction Straight.
Guidebooks from Media-Savvy Scientists.
Raiding Writers' Resources.
Popular Science Books.
A Sampling of Science Resources for Younger Students and/or Reluctant Readers.
Expert Resources.
Appendix. Categories of National Science Content Standards.
Appendix. List of Activities and Suggested Grade Levels.
Appendix. Curriculum Developed around The Deap Time Diaries, Written and Illustrated by the Author.
"Yikes! Where Dot Start?".
Index.
About the Author.