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| Type of Product: | e-Book (our e-books are in PDF format and can be viewed on your computer or any compatible reading device) (also see print version of this book) |
| Publication Date: | 1/1/2003 |
| Pages: | 141 |
| Stock Number: | PB162X3Te |
| ISBN: | |
| Grade Level: | High School |
| Read Inside: | Read a sample chapter: Why Biodegradation? |
Description
Are you looking for a new way to teach about respiration, nutrient cycling, energy flow, producers, consumers, and decomposers?
Decay and Renewal provides techniques for students to learn the basics while investigating the science behind biodegradation—in nature and in human-engineered systems for wastewater treatment, waste disposal, and bioremediation of oil spills and other contaminated sites.
The Teacher Edition explains how to guide student research and engineering design projects. Classroom-ready materials include detailed background information, sample assessment tasks, and rubrics, and guidelines for integrating peer review into classroom science. The Teacher Edition contains the complete text of the Student Edition.
The Student Edition includes:
• An overview of basic principles of biodegradation and how they apply in composting, landfills, wastewater treatment, and bioremediation systems.
• Protocols that provide instructions for conducting experiments on biological, chemical, and physical aspects of biodegradation.
• Forms to guide students through each step of research, providing structure but flexibility in designing and conducting meaningful experiments.
• Step-by-Step guidelines for an engineering design challenge related to treatment of simulated wastewater.
Decay and Renewal is the third volume in the four-part Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series, designed to guide students in creating and conducting experiments, presenting their results, and exchanging feedback with their peers.
Ideas For Use
Environmental Inquiry (EI) is organized into two levels of inquiry modeled after research activities conducted by professional scientists. Students first learn standard research methods, or protocols. Then they explore possibilities for using these protocols to address relevant research or technological design questions. After planning and carrying out one or more interactive research experiments or engineering designs, students present and discuss the results with their peers and possibly with interested community groups.
Additional Info
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Science Discipline:
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Environmental change
Nonrenewable resources
Pollution
Analyzing data
Classifying
Collecting data
Experimenting
Hypothesizing
Interpreting data
Measuring
Scientific habits of mind
Engineering technology
Environmental technology
Technological design
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| Intended User Role: | Curriculum Supervisor, High-School Educator, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Achievement, Assessment of students, Classroom management, Curriculum, Educational research, Inquiry learning, Instructional materials, Learning theory, Teacher content knowledge, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies |
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
• Environmental Inquiry
• Meeting the Standards
• Audience
WHY BIODEGRADATION?
• Relevance
• Connections
• Opportunities for Research and Engineering Design
• Critical Thinking
LEVELS OF INQUIRY
• Guiding Protocol-Level Inquiry
• Conducting Interactive Research
-Experiments and Field Studies
-Wastewater Treatment Design Challenge
GUIDING STUDENT INQUIRY
• About the Student Edition
SECTION 1. UNDERSTANDING BIODEGRADATION
• Model Responses to Discussion Questions
SECTION 2. BIODEGRADATION PROTOCOLS: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
• Providing Sterile Conditions for Microbiology Experiments
• Disposing of Microbial Cultures
• Advance Preparations for Protocol 5
• Advance Preparations for Protocol 6
• Advance Preparations for Protocol 7
• Notes about Protocol 8
• Advance Preparations for Protocol 10
• Advance Preparations for Protocol 13
• Advance Preparations for Protocol 14
SECTION 3. INTERACTIVE RESEARCH: EXPERIMENTS AND FIELD STUDIES
• Why Interactive Research?
• Choosing a Research Question
• Analyzing the Data
• A Look at Variability
• Interpreting the Results
• Presenting a Report and Engaging in Peer Review
SECTION 4. INTERACTIVE RESEARCH: WASTEWATER TREATMENT DESIGN CHALLENGE
• Making Synthetic Wastewater
• Summary of the Steps
ASSESSMENT
• Performance Assessment
• Example of Assessment Rubrics for EI Student Research
-Assessment Criteria for Student Research
-Assessment Rubrics for Poster Presentations
-Assessment Rubric for Written Reports
• Sample Test Questions
REFERENCES
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SCIENTIFIC SUPPLY COMPANIES
STUDENT EDITION
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