Enquiry, the Science Teacher, and the Educator

Journal Article | December 1999

What our teachers need to teach is determined, first, by the first that our national need is a dual one. There is an urgent pressing need for an increasing number of fluid enquirers and original engineers. There is also…

Teaching Science Through Inquiry

Journal Article | August 2015

Seven common myths about this time-honored approach.

Inquiry Science and Active Reading

Journal Article | September 2011

The author presents a pair of fifth-grade activities: an inquiry science activity in which students conduct hands-on investigations of force and motion, and a reading activity where they collaboratively analyze a text…

Science Sampler: Inquiry with earthworms

Journal Article | January 2006

Earthworms wiggle their way into your science curriculum in this fun and hands-on activity. Students experiment with earthworms to gain a better understanding of the process of scientific inquiry and hone their research…

Science 2.0: Invitation to Inquiry

Journal Article | November 2010

Too often, students are not engaged in authentic questioning. Dan Meyer, a math educator, explains, “Our curricula are full of pseudoproblems wrapped in pseudocontext. We ask students to grapple with problems that only…

Science 2.0: Instant Inquiry

Journal Article | October 2010

Since 2008, several digital cameras have offered high-speed movie settings that allow video to be captured at 120 to 1,000 frames per second. That means you can play back a 1-second, real-time event in slow motion that…