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The Backyard Weather Science Curriculum: Using a Weather-Observing Network to Support Data-Intensive Issue-Based Atmospheric Inquiry in Middle and High School
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Oliveira, Alandeon W.; Wang, Junhong; Perno, Crystal; Brotzge, Jerald; Verma, Amita – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2023
This theoretical article proposes using statewide weather-observing networks (Mesonets) to support data-intensive, issue-based teaching of atmospheric topics in middle and high school science. It is argued that the incorporation of this new technology and its affordances into the school curriculum can drastically change the ways that atmospheric…
Descriptors: Weather, Science Curriculum, Inquiry, Active Learning
Middle School Students' Mechanistic Explanation about Trait Expression in Rice Plants during a Technology-Enhanced Science Inquiry Investigation
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Tate, Erika D.; Ibourk, Amal; McElhaney, Kevin W.; Feng, Mingyu – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
We examined the sophistication of middle school students' mechanistic explanations of genetics phenomena and how they interact with a technology-based explanation tool as they articulate and organize their ideas about the phenomena. We coordinated curriculum and assessment design frameworks to develop a middle school curriculum unit that engages…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Plants (Botany), Technology Uses in Education, Inquiry
Transforming a Traditional Inquiry-Based Science Unit into a STEM Unit for Elementary Pre-Service Teachers: A View from the Trenches
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Schmidt, Matthew; Fulton, Lori – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2016
The need to prepare students with twenty-first-century skills through STEM-related teaching is strong, especially at the elementary level. However, most teacher education preparation programs do not focus on STEM education. In an attempt to provide an exemplary model of a STEM unit, we used a rapid prototyping approach to transform an…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Science
Enhancing Inquiry, Understanding, and Achievement in an Astronomy Multimedia Learning Environment
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Taasoobshirazi, Gita; Zuiker, Steven J.; Anderson, Kate T.; Hickey, Daniel T. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2006
As an example of design-based research, this study refined an assessment strategy for simultaneously enhancing inquiry-based learning and supporting achievement on conventional assessment measures. "Astronomy Village[R]: Investigating the Universe[TM]" is a software program designed to engage secondary science students in authentic and…
Descriptors: Science Education, Inquiry, Astronomy, Multimedia Materials
Students' Conceptions of Sound Waves Resulting from the Enactment of a New Technology-Enhanced Inquiry-Based Curriculum on Urban Bird Communication
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Houle, Meredith E.; Barnett, G. Michael – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
The emerging field of urban ecology has the potential to engage urban youth in the practices of scientists by studying a locally relevant environmental problem. To this end, we are developing curriculum modules designed to engage students in learning science through the use of emerging information technology. In this paper, we describe the impact…
Descriptors: Animals, Curriculum Development, Instructional Design, Science Activities
Fostering Students' Epistemologies of Models via Authentic Model-Based Tasks
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Gobert, Janice D.; Pallant, Amy – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
A curriculum unit for middle school Earth Science called "What's on Your Plate?" was designed. The unit was implemented in several middle and high school classrooms in California and Massachusetts. In the first implementation, the total number of students who participated was 1100. The unit was designed with two main pedagogical…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Epistemology, Models, Earth Science