This column shares updated perennial classroom favorites. In this lesson, seventh-grade students explore falling objects and try to explain why objects fall. Using a local university’s extensive exhibit on Galileo (see Resources), the teachers also incorporated the history of science and the nature of science into students’ investigations with pictures, stories, videos, and simulations.
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2017Stock # ss17_040_05_16Volume 040Issue 05