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  • Windows on the Inquiry Classroom

    Journal Article |

    A complete video and documentary record of an inquiry-based nonscience majors’ course has been captured (the “Fire and Ice” Collection). Every moment of 27 class sessions may be observed from several points of view (…

  • Model-Based Inquiry in Biology: Three-Dimensional Instructional Units for Grades 9-12

    NSTA Press Book |

    This book is your chance to shift the emphasis of your high school biology curriculum away from “we need to learn about this topic in order to do well in class” to “we need to figure out why or how things happen in the…

  • Launching Inquiry Into Motion

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  • Online Extras: Argument-Driven Inquiry in Biology

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    Online Extras: Argument-Driven Inquiry in Biology NSTA and ADI have agreed to discontinue our publishing arrangement. Online Extra resources will not be available from NSTA after 12/31/2023. Please contact https://www.argumentdriveninquiry.com/ for more information.

  • Online Extras: Argument-Driven Inquiry in Chemistry

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    Online Extras: Argument-Driven Inquiry in Chemistry NSTA and ADI have agreed to discontinue our publishing arrangement. Online Extra resources will not be available from NSTA after 12/31/2023. Please contact https://www.argumentdriveninquiry.com/ for more information.

  • Inquiry in the Earth Sciences

    Book Chapter |

    Inquiry experiences in the Earth sciences are often indirect, because direct experimentation, such as is used in the physical sciences, is typically not possible. To support inquiry in the Earth sciences it is important…

  • A Brief Introduction to Inquiry

    Book Chapter |

    When the term inquiry comes up in conversations about science curriculum reform and improvement, it usually is shorthand for inquiry-based learning and, by extension, inquiry-based instruction. But, what exactly is…

  • An Invitation to Full Inquiry

    Book Chapter |

    In the full inquiry experience in this chapter, students will put skills of inquiry together as they think like scientists and apply critical-thinking skills to evaluate new information that they collect themselves. In…

  • Teaching Science as Inquiry

    Book Chapter |

    The 2008 Robert H. Carleton Lecture provides the content for Chapter 4. The chapter centers on the themes of teaching science as inquiry. After a brief introduction to the history of inquiry in science education, the…

  • Writing Through Inquiry

    Book Chapter |

    The inquiry science process provides a perfect opportunity for students to practice relational meaning in language. As students design their experiments, negotiate their ideas with peers, and share their data and…

  • Inquiry And The Learning Cycle

    Book Chapter |

    Inquiry instruction combines the teaching of scientific content with the development of scientific practices. Inquiry-based instruction has five essential features that occur along an inquiry continuum. In this chapter…

  • Inquiry Into the Heart of a Comet

    Book Chapter |

    Wouldn’t it be thrilling to emulate a real life model of science in action in classrooms? How? By starting with a great, hands-on activity modeling an object in space that introduces both key vocabulary and science…

  • Guiding Student Inquiry

    Book Chapter |

    This section covers understanding biodegradation, including biodegradation protocols providing specific instruction on research. The section also provides techniques in interactive research for developing experiments…

  • Online Extras: Argument-Driven Inquiry in Fifth-Grade Science

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    Online Extras: Argument-Driven Inquiry in Fifth-Grade Science NSTA and ADI have agreed to discontinue our publishing arrangement. Online Extra resources will not be available from NSTA after 12/31/2023. Please contact https://www.argumentdriveninquiry.com/ for more information.

  • Online Extras: Argument-Driven Inquiry in Fourth-Grade Science

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    Online Extras: Argument-Driven Inquiry in Fourth-Grade Science NSTA and ADI have agreed to discontinue our publishing arrangement. Online Extra resources will not be available from NSTA after 12/31/2023. Please contact https://www.argumentdriveninquiry.com/ for more information.

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