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Achievable Inquiry in the College Laboratory: The Mini-Journal
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The authors engage students in inquiry-based learning by presenting laboratory exercises as mini-journal articles that mirror the format of a scientific journal article, including a title, authors, abstract,…
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Tried and True: Taking flight with an inquiry approach
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This paper airplane lesson has been used with sixth-grade students to introduce scientific terms and concepts that students need to know before they design and conduct their own inquiry experiments. In addition to…
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A new activity model for scientific inquiry is presented here with the overall intent of providing students and teachers with a deeper understanding of how science is really done. With this model students learn that the…
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Developing science process skills and participating in inquiry-based activities help students gain the foundation for job skills outside of school. Overall, this workshop was highly successful, and in-service teachers…
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Springing Into Inquiry: Using Student Ideas to Investigate Seasons
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Explore student misconceptions to get behind the true reason for the seasons.
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Using Interactive Science Notebooks for Inquiry-Based Science
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Tired of finding students' work overflowing from the garbage can on the last day of school? Try using an Interactive Science Notebook approach to help students make connections to their learning. This approach…
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Guest Editorial: Inquiry, Process Skills, and Thinking in Science
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Inquiry is central to science education today. But understanding its many nuances is still an issue according to research (Flick and Lederman 2004). And understanding is the first step to implementations. In this…