Contents
Preface by Inez Liftig
PART 1. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Developing Inquiry Skills
Chapter 1. Taking Flight with an Inquiry Approach, by Kathryn Silvis
Chapter 2. Thinking Spatially: Taking Observation, Classification Skills to a Higher
Level of Reasoning, by Douglas Llewllyn
Chapter 3. Looking for Questions, by Susan German
Chapter 4. Peanut Butter and Jelly Science, by Donna Farland
Chapter 5. Write It, Do It, by Erin Peters
Classroom Management
Chapter 6. It’s as Simple as Shuffling Cards, by Mary Pella Donnelly
Chapter 7. Traffic Control Tips for Hands-on Labs, by Tricia Hill
PART 2. LIFE SCIENCE ACTIVITIES
Chapter 8. Disrupted Food Webs: Exploring the Relationship between Overfishing and
Dead Zones in the Chesapeake Bay, by Yael Wyner
Chapter 9. Inquiry-Based Environmental Science Investigations with the Fantastic Fruit
Fly, by Ashlie M. Beals and Rebecca M. Krall
Chapter 10. Investigating Ecosystems in a Bottle, by Amica Breene and Denise Gilewski
Chapter 11. Feeding of Diarmis Proboscis, by Jocelyn Young
Chapter 12. Soil Is More than Just Dirt, by Carrie Taylor and John Graves
Chapter 13. Inquiring about Water Quality, by Margaret Dacko and Robbie Higdon
Chapter 14. The View at the Zoo: Using a Photographic Scavenger Hunt as the Basis for
an Interdisciplinary Field Trip, by Lynn Gilbert, Pamela Breitbarth, Matthew
Brungardt, Carrie Dorr and Meena Balgopal
Chapter 15. Cell Organelle Employment Advertisements, by Rebekah Hammack
Chapter 16. Presenting Mitosis, by Stephanie Roche and Donna R. Sterling
Chapter 17. Helicopter Seeds and Hypotheses…That’s Funny! by Leslie Wampler and
Christopher Dobson
Chapter 18. A Touch of Neuroscience, by David Parlier and Melissa K. Demetrikopouios
Chapter 19. How the Brain Visually Perceives the World, by Rogene M. Echler West
PART 3. EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE ACTIVITIES
Chapter 20. Chipping Away at the Rock Cycle, by Debbi Molina-Walters and Jill Cox
Chapter 21. Rock Cycle Project: Rock and Rap CD Cover, by Sandra Rutherford and
Cindy Corlett
Chapter 22. Volcano Resumes, by Sandra Rutherford and Cindy Corlett
Chapter 23. How Old? Tested and Trouble-free Ways to Convey Geologic Time, by
Renee Clary and James Wandersee
Chapter 24. Solar System in the Hallway, by Malonne Davies, Linda Landis and Arthur
Landis
PART 4. PHYSICS ACTIVITIES
Chapter 25. Newton’s First Law: A Learning Cycle Approach, by Deborah McCarthy
Chapter 26. Balloons and Newton’s Third Law, by Diana Stroup
Chapter 27. An Eggciting Alternative to a Science Olympiad, by Patricia Doney
Chapter 28. Egg-in-the-Bottle Demonstration, by Wayne Goates
Chapter 29. Whatever Floats Your Boat, by Susan L. McBride
Chapter 30. Making the Connection: Addressing Students’ Misconceptions of Circuits,
by James P. Concannon, Patrick L. Brown, and Enrique M. Pareja
Chapter 31. It’s All Done with Mirrors, by Michael Demchik
Chapter 32. Heating Up Inquiry with Solar Ovens, by Greg Corder and Carol Hall
Chapter 33. Sensations of Sound, by Pamela Galus
PART 5. CHEMISTRY ACTIVITIES
Chapter 34. It’s a Gas! An Exploration of the Physical Nature of Gases, by Troy Sadler,
Teresa M. Eckart, Jennifer E. Lewis and Katherine M. Whitley
Chapter 35. The Blue Bottle Demonstration, by William C. Deese, Linda Ramsey, and
Cathi Cox
Chapter 36. Modeling Changes in Matter, Magnifying Interest in Science, by Tom
Brown, Greg Rushton and Edward VanHaute
Chapter 37. Evaporating Is Cool, by Richard Hand
Chapter 38. Extending Paper Chromatography Inquiry, by Kevin Finson
Chapter 39. Inquiry-Based Dissolving, by Gregory Benedis-Grab, Molly Petzoldt and
Lisbeth Uribe
Chapter 40. Our Class Periodic Table, by Sarah Young
Index