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Facilitate the learning of science concepts through hands-on inquiry activities that use microscopes, digital cameras, and computers to study common plants and animals. As students study common organisms, such as bees, aphids, sunflowers, dandelions, and the agricultural products corn, wheat, peanuts, cotton, and rice, questions are raised. Answers are pursued through guided inquiry that uses the methods of observation and investigation to reach conclusions.
Such guided inquiry leads students to recognize that science is part of their everyday lives. The skills gained in the process of learning science will benefit them the rest of their lives as they encounter organisms in the natural world of lawns, gardens, and waters. Digital microscopes, cameras, and computers are effectively incorporated as tools for recording information and PowerPoint presentations communicate information in classroom versions of science academies. Many handouts and a CD will be provided, including labs, teaching strategies, and alternative methods of assessment.
Presenter(s): Bill Klein (Western Iowa Technical Community College, Sioux City)
FORMAT: Short course
GRADE LEVEL: General
CONFERENCE STRAND: Science + Technology = Achievement
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