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Kowalczyk, Sheetal – Primary Science, 2023
In this article, the author describes her research looking at girls and problem-solving, with the intention to answer the question: What impact does implementing a skills framework encompassing collaboration have on the proficiency of scientific enquiry skills for year 5 girls?
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Females, Cooperative Learning, Inquiry
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Ahr, Emmanuel; Potvin, Patrice; Charland, Patrick; Chastenay, Pierre; Brault Foisy, Lorie-Marlène; Bruyère, Marie-Hélène; Boissard, Bénédicte; Cyr, Guillaume – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2023
This article introduces a flexible and easy-to-implement open-ended scientific inquiry activity called the Paper Towels Challenge. After experimentally determining which of three unbranded paper towels is the most absorbent, students discuss their results and methods. The teacher facilitates the discussion of epistemological issues. This activity…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Inquiry, Science Achievement, Science Process Skills
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Lindsay Ruhter; Thai Williams; Meagan Karvonen; Sarah Koebley; Shawnee Wakeman; David Pugalee – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2025
Many teachers have a level of discomfort with planning inquiry-based science lessons for students with complex needs. Science instruction typically includes teaching discrete skills with a focus on vocabulary acquisition (Knight et al., 2020). Because science is universal and thus important for all learners, many states have adopted the Next…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Lesson Plans, Special Needs Students
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Griffith, Jonathan; Kozick-Kingston, Margaret – Science Teacher, 2022
Model-based inquiry (MBI) is an instructional framework designed around the construction, revision, and testing of models by students to make sense of and explain a phenomenon (Windschitl et al. 2008). Focusing on explaining natural phenomena provides a specific context for students to learn and apply scientific understandings to and can help…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Climate, Models, Science Process Skills
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Kuntzleman, Thomas S.; Annis, Jezrielle; Anderson, Hazel; Kenney, Joshua B.; Doctor, Ninad – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
When Mentos candies are dropped into a bottle of Diet Coke, a foamy fountain jets out of the beverage container. It has previously been argued that ingredients found in Mentos candies significantly enhance this fountaining effect. Other previous work has demonstrated that the kinetics of foam production can be quantitatively monitored using a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Chemistry, Kinetics, Science Experiments
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Alexander Grushow – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
A revised version of a traditional physical chemistry laboratory experiment has been developed to enhance student discussion in the laboratory and to improve students' connections between physical chemistry concepts and real molecular systems. In this experiment, students explore the keto-enol tautomerization of 2,4-pentanedione. However, unlike…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments, Inquiry
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Cizmas, Emily – Science Teacher, 2021
Ecosystems, interacting systems of biotic and abiotic factors, are a fascinating topic in life science. The "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS Lead States 2013) recognize "Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics" (HS-LS2) as one of four overarching ideas in life science that students should understand. Student…
Descriptors: Ecology, Biological Sciences, Scientific Concepts, Biodiversity
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LoPresto, Michael C. – Physics Teacher, 2019
A primary goal of general education introductory astronomy courses often is to provide students with examples of how science is actually done. Low to nonexistent mathematical prerequisites in some courses can make useful exercises difficult to find, and sometimes very difficult for students, especially if the exercises feature quantitative…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Data Collection, Space Exploration
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Smallwood, Zoe M.; Campbell, Craig D.; Worrall, Andrew F.; Cahill, Samuel T.; Stewart, Malcolm I. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
A practical focusing on the synthesis, isolation, and hydrolysis of ammonia borane (AB), H[subscript 3]N·BH[subscript 3], was developed for first-year undergraduate students. By requiring students to propose their own experimental setup to measure the amount of gas produced upon hydrolysis, experimental design skills were introduced and developed…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Measurement
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Bopegedera, A. M. R. P.; Coughenour, Christopher L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
A new project-based laboratory (PJBL) was developed for general chemistry students to tackle the steps involved in chemical water quality analysis using an accessible, real-world hydrologic system (the lakes of the Lower Grand Coulee, Washington). This PJBL was developed in a joint general chemistry and environmental geology course by a…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Active Learning, Student Projects, Inquiry
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Thomas, Jeremy P.; Allen, Tanesha M.; Irving, Holly; Baker, Roger; Mitchell, Liza; Forder, Clare; Philipps, Olivia – School Science Review, 2021
Schools in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, funded by a Royal Society Partnership Grant, engaged in an animal behaviour project with a researcher at the University of Oxford's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit. The pupils used camera traps to conduct wildlife surveys and investigate behavioural responses in European badgers ("Meles meles"). The…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Animals, Wildlife, Behavior
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Goeltz, John C.; Cuevas, Lia A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Acid-base titration laboratories are perennially offered to general chemistry students in preparation for summative assessments of their hands-on and quantitative skills in the field. Here, we present a guided inquiry-based activity focused on total titratable acidity (TTA) as alternative to standard "cookbook" titration laboratory work.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Laboratory Training, Science Laboratories, Inquiry
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Muhammad Zulfadhli Kamarudin; Mohd Syafiq Aiman Mat Noor; Romarzila Omar – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2024
The use of digital technologies as teaching and learning materials supports and enhances science learning, encouraging students to develop valuable inquiry skills and knowledge. In response, this paper seeks to explore digital inquiry-based learning as a useful aid for teaching the elementary school science curriculum on plants in Malaysia. There…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Plants (Botany), Science Education, Electronic Learning
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Collett, Joel D.; Krause, Jeanette A.; Guan, Hairong – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Inorganic Chemistry teaches students the concept that modifications to ligand structures, especially the donor properties, can have a drastic impact on the reactivity and stability of the metal complexes. Experiments described here reinforce this concept through the investigation of two tetradentate ligands derived from…
Descriptors: Inorganic Chemistry, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, College Science
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Vlaardingerbroek, Barend – School Science Review, 2018
The role of the school science laboratory, once taken for granted as verification of taught theory using prescribed ('cookbook' to critics) practical activities, has become less clear since the emergence of the 'inquiry' paradigm in which the school laboratory would appear to become a make-believe science research laboratory. But a school science…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Science Process Skills, Skill Development, Laboratory Training
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