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Should the Dead Sea Be Sustainable?: Investigating Environmental Issues Using a Case Study
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Saunders, Cheston Andrew – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2016
Many students leave the environmental science classroom with misconceptions centered on the availability of natural resources such as water. This article presents a case study where students assume the roles of various stakeholders and articulate their position on whether or not to pipe water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Natural Resources, Misconceptions, Water
Determining the Effectiveness of Sunscreens
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Kennon, James Tillman; Fong, Bryant; Grippo, Anne – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2016
Sunscreens have different levels of protection, measured most commonly with the sun protection factor (SPF). Students initially believed higher SPF factors mean greater sun protection and learned through this activity that higher SPF does not mean greater protection. Students analyzed the amount of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) protection and…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Secondary School Science, College Science
What Is Heat? Inquiry regarding the Science of Heat
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Rascoe, Barbara – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2010
This lab activity uses inquiry to help students define heat. It is generic in that it can be used to introduce a plethora of science content across middle and high school grade levels and across science disciplines that include biology, Earth and space science, and physical science. Even though heat is a universal science phenomenon that is…
Descriptors: Heat, Science Activities, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Are You Teaching Your Students about Stem Cells?
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Concannon, James; Brown, Patrick L.; Brandt, Trisha – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2009
This activity targets students' misconceptions about embryonic and adult stem cells while also addressing an important grades 9-12 science content standard. The authors designed the activity to provide students an opportunity to explore differences between embryonic and adult stem cells prior to formal explanation. The overarching goal of this…
Descriptors: Biology, Grade 9, Misconceptions, Science Activities
Mystery Lines
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Lee, Eun Ah; Fortner, Rosanne W. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2007
The authors' purpose is to help students clarify the difference between scientific laws and scientific theories. Understanding the nature of science is important to our students; however, persistent misconceptions, such as misunderstandings about scientific laws and theories, are still present. In this two-part activity, students will have a…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts, Science Activities
The Draw-an-Archaeologist Test
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Renoe, Susan – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2003
The Draw-an-Archaeologist Test (DART) is an easy way to elicit students' conceptions about archaeology and can be adapted to other subject matter. When implemented as the first activity of an archaeology unit, it provides a starting point for introducing archaeology and addressing students' misconceptions about it. In this drawing activity,…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Archaeology, Science Education, College Students