NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 8 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Madden, Lauren; Seifried, Joyce; Farnum, Kerry; D'Armiento, Angela – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2016
Discrepant events are often used by science educators to incite interest and excitement in learners, yet sometimes their results are farther-reaching. The following article describes how one such event--dissolving packing peanuts in acetone--led to a change in the course of a college-level elementary science teaching methods class and to the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Manser, Michael James; Kilgo, John Wesley – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2015
This investigation-based lesson is geared toward third through fifth grade students. The lesson presented in this article was the first of three lessons designed and taught by us for our first preservice teaching course. UTeach is a teacher preparation program for undergraduate STEM majors, which originated at the University of Austin, Texas. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lawrence, Maria; Yang, Li-Ling; Briggs, May; Hession, Alicia; Koussa, Anita; Wagoner, Lisa – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2016
A fifth grade life science lesson was implemented through a lesson study approach in two fifth grade classrooms. The research lesson was designed by a team of four elementary school teachers with the goal of emphasizing engineering practices consistent with the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) (Achieve Inc. 2013). The fifth…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Elementary School Science, Grade 5, Engineering
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Keener-Chavis, Paula; Goodwin, Mel – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2009
The implications of Earth's ocean being little explored may not be immediately evident to individuals who are not ocean literate. For this reason, initiatives to improve ocean literacy must articulate compelling reasons for ocean exploration. A lesson plan that addresses this issue has been developed as part of the education and outreach program…
Descriptors: Oceanography, Geometric Concepts, Hands on Science, Inquiry
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bennett, Katie; Hiebert, Laurel – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2009
Most people are familiar with the concept that animals come in all shapes and sizes and that the body plan of some animals can completely transform during their lifetime. Well-known examples of such complex life cycles of terrestrial animals include butterflies and frogs. Many people are unaware, however, that complex life cycles are exceedingly…
Descriptors: Animals, Marine Biology, Science Instruction, Grade 3
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Thompson, Rudi; Carmack, Elizabeth – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2007
"Mineral Detectives!" is one of eighteen lessons in the "Private Whys?" integrated science unit, which uses a guided inquiry investigation to teach students in grades three through five about the role of minerals in our lives. The University of North Texas developed "Private Whys?" with funding from the Copper…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mineralogy, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Martin-Hansen, Lisa M. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2005
The author, an elementary school teacher, describes a way of incorporating an inquiry approach to teaching by refining a crayfish unit originally found in an ESS (Elementary Science Study) module. She used a "coupled-inquiry" approach, a combination of guided-inquiry and open-inquiry, with an application used for assessment purposes. In five or…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Inquiry, Science Activities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shaw, Edward L., Jr.; Baggett, Paige V.; Salyer, Barbara – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2004
Computer technology can be integrated into science inquiry activities to increase student motivation and enhance and expand scientific thinking. Fifth-grade students used the visual thinking tools in the Kidspiration[R] software program to generate and represent a web of hypotheses around the question, "What affects the distance a marble rolls?"…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Inquiry, Science Activities, Computer Uses in Education