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Design & Decision Making: In an integrated science lesson, students learn to engage in evidence-based decision making

In these activities, students learn how to inquire about relevant issues, use evidence to make decisions about inquiries, and communicate those decisions. Integrated science courses in high school can be fundamental to students' learning processes. I...

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Students' Ideas About Animals: Results from a National Study—Elementary teachers respond to a study involving students’ perceptions of animals

In the fall of 1999, Science and Children extended an invitation to K–8 teachers to participate in a national study (Barman, Barman, Berglund, and Goldston, 1999). The main focus of this study was to examine students’ ideas about animals. This st...

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Into the Abyss

Designed for use with small groups in an introductory geology class, this case study allows students to determine the relationship between sinkhole development and groundwater levels in Orlando, Florida. Students then apply the relationship to a laws...

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Integrated Inquiry: Introductory level students benefit from authentic research, technological design, and peer review

To help teachers meet the need for a challenging inquiry-based science for high school students, particularly basic level integrated science, Cornell University developed a program called Environmental Inquiry (EI). The goals are to teach research an...

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The Pressure’s On

If the pressure’s on to enhance the growth and development of students’ inquiry skills, use a discrepant event. A discrepant event is a demonstration designed to present a situation or phenomenon that has an unexpected and sometimes very surprisi...

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Creating Curricula for Integrated Science: ARISE—Creating and implementing a coherent three-year integrated science course

The traditional sequence for teaching science is biology first, then chemistry, and physics last. This article focuses on the Illinois State Board of Education's proposal for the development of a three-year coherent science curricula, with physics-fi...