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Teaching Science as Inquiry and Developing 21st-Century Skills
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Contemporary national aspirations also include maintaining economic competitiveness. The economic theme is a relatively short-term goal, and for science education it implies preparation of a 21st-century workforce. For…
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A Perspective on the Reform of Science Teaching
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This chapter presents a perspective on reform. It begins with a brief review of the instructional core, then turns to a larger view of reform, one that includes broader questions of goals and progresses to the most…
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How Do We Know What the Climate Was Like in the Past?
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In this Data Puzzle, students interpret a multiparameter graph of pollen data from a sediment core collected in the northeastern United States to assess changes that occurred in the tree community over a period of about…
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How Do We Decide ''Weather'' Or Not To
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In this Data Puzzle, students will observe how temperature, dew point, pressure, and wind direction change over time, and they will interpret this suite of related changes as due to the passage of a cold front. They…
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What Does an Earthquake Feel Like?
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In this Data Puzzle, students examine real newspaper accounts of the August 10, 1884, earthquake in the northeastern United States and gain firsthand experience applying the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale to the…
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Is the Hudson River Too Salty to Drink?
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In this puzzle, students examine three different sets of salinity data collected from the Hudson River estuary in New York. The puzzle includes data collected along the length of the estuary on the same date; data…
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In this Data Puzzle, students calculate the amount of precipitation that fell in a watershed over the course of one year and the amount of water that exited from that watershed via the outflow stream. They then compare…
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How Much Heat is Released by a Seafloor Hydrothermal Vent?
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In this Data Puzzle, students compare the amount of heat given off by a hydrothermal vent with the amount of heat needed to bring a kettle of water up to boiling temperature. Recognizing that the heat released from one…
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In this lesson, students in grades K-2 will observe and discuss the characteristics of an amphibian and students in grades 3-4 will also collect and analyze data based on their observations. The objectives are to help…
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In this lesson, students analyze the health of a pond through physical and biological analysis. The objectives are for students to be able to determine the health of a frog pond through investigation and inquiry and to…
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In this lesson, students listen, imitate, and identify the calls of frogs and toads. The objectives are for students to be able to recognize and identify the calls and to explain that frogs and toads call to communicate.
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In this lesson, students simulate the feeding behaviors of amphibians by collecting “prey.” The objective is to identify the different feeding strategies of frogs.
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In this lesson, students use film canisters to follow scent trails that end at a pond or alternative final destination. The objective is for students to be able to describe how and why amphibians use their sense of…
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In this lesson, students create poetry using descriptive words from their observations. The objective is for students to be able to write poetry about amphibians.
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Ribbiting Discoveries in the Lily Pad Paper
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In this lesson, students research interesting things about amphibians or things found around a frog pond to create a news article for the Lily Pad Paper. The objective is for students to write a journalism-style story…
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