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Campbell, Todd; Longhurst, Max; Duffy, Aaron M.; Wolf, Paul G.; Nagy, Robin – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2012
Teaching science as inquiry is advocated in all national science education documents and by leading science and science teaching organizations. In addition to teaching science as inquiry, we recognize that learning experiences need to connect to students' lives. This article details how we use a sequence of faded scaffolded inquiry supported by…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Inquiry, Relevance (Education)
Campbell, Todd; Dowdle, Gayle; Shelton, Brett E.; Olsen, Jeffrey; Longhurst, Max; Beckett, Harrison – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2013
Gaming, an integral part of many students' lives outside school, can provide an engaging platform for focusing students on important disciplinary core concepts as an entry into developing students' understanding of these concepts through science practices. This article highlights how S'cape can be used to support student learning aligned with the…
Descriptors: Video Games, Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Inquiry
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
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