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Advancing the NSES Vision through Informal Science Education
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Despite originally being almost exclusively focused on the school context, the National Science Education Standards (NSES) emerged as an amazingly relevant document for the informal context as well. All four of the…
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Inquiry Is Taking Flight Through Project Butterfly WINGS
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Project Butterfly WINGS (Winning Investigative Network for Great Science) is designed to foster adolescents' interest, understanding, and long-term involvement in science, as well as promote positive youth development.…
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Curious Scientific Investigators Solve Museum Mysteries
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has developed the Curious Scientific Investigators (CSI) program, which mixes the best the Museum has to offer with classroom instruction. Therefore, CSI’s vision is to support…
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Science with Attitude: An Informal Science Education Experience
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Kansas City's Science City Summer Camp is an eight-week program for children of ages 6-12 from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Drawing on the knowledge that people have diverse learning styles, Science City…
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The Ocean Institute (OI) is dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of the ocean environment. Its 9-week Weather…
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Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo Academy: Where Science Education Comes to Life!
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Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo has become a leader in both informal and formal science education. Its Zoo Academy is one example of an effective nontraditional teaching model for science education. The academy has become an…
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Inquiry at the Ocean Research College Academy (ORCA)
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The Ocean Research College Academy (ORCA) is a full-time, dual credit, early college program designed exclusively for Washington State Running Start (juniors and seniors in high school) students. Students in ORCA are…
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Science Projects: Successful Inquires in Eighth-Grade Science
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This chapter focuses on the mission of the science department of Hilo Intermediate School—to ensure that the Hawaii State Standards and Benchmarks are addressed through the seventh-grade life science and eighth-grade…
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Inquiry Is Elementary: Differing Approaches to Inquiry Within Two Elementary Schools
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Scientific inquiry is practiced and celebrated at two elementary schools within a school district of 40,000 students, located within a first ring suburb of Minneapolis. While their approach to inquiry differs somewhat,…
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Science as Inquiry at Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute
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As a department, the science teachers at Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute share a common commitment to the ideals of teaching of science as inquiry. As individuals, they also have the…
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Erasing Lecture-Laboratory Boundaries: An Inquiry-Based Course Design
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The University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) is one of seven autonomous campuses within the University of Maine System. UMPI combines liberal arts and selected professional programs for 1,400 undergraduates and also…
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Enhancing the Inquiry Experience: Authentic Research in the Classroom
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Inquiry in science classrooms involves the ability to pose a question, explore phenomena relating to the question, acquire new understandings, communicate new ideas, and relate or compare ideas with what other…
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Ecological Monitoring Provides a Thematic Foundation for Student Inquiry
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The Project in Hawaii’s Intertidal (OPIHI) is a network of schools and scientist volunteers engaged in the widespread, systematic monitoring of Hawaii’s rocky intertidal zones. OPIHI originated through a partnership…
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“If We Are Supposed to Understand Science, Shouldn’t We Be Doing It?”
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The author’s teaching career, like many others, began teaching high school in a basic science classroom where the students asked this chapter’s title question. But if students were going to be successful in inquiry-…
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Inquiry: A Challenge for Changing the Teaching of Science in Connecticut
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A catalyst for inquiry gaining its rightful place of importance in Connecticut public education was the State Board of Education’s 2004 adoption of the Core Science Curriculum Framework (CSDE 2004). The framework…
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