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'How Do Plants Grow?': Teaching Photosynthesis Using Digital Inquiry-Based Science Learning
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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
Soil, Seeds, and the Pumpkin Patch!
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Phillips, Marianne; Vowell, Julie – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2013
"Soil, Seeds, and the Pumpkin Patch!" is an integrated unit designed to provide elementary school teachers with ideas for using hands-on activities, fostering inquiry and valuable discussion, and using technology as a learning tool. This unit integrates science with language arts, mathematics, literature, and technology. During this unit, students…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Plants (Botany), Science Activities, Science Instruction
Teaching Photosynthesis with ELL Students
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Piper, Susan; Shaw, Edward Lewis, Jr. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2010
Although the teaching of photosynthesis occurs yearly in elementary classrooms, one thing that makes it challenging is the inclusion of English language learners (ELLs). This article presents several activities for teaching and assessing of photosynthesis in a third grade classroom. The activities incorporate the photosynthesis content, teaching…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, Plants (Botany), English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Effectiveness of a Mobile Plant Learning System in a Science Curriculum in Taiwanese Elementary Education
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Huang, Yueh-Min; Lin, Yen-Ting; Cheng, Shu-Chen – Computers & Education, 2010
This study developed a Mobile Plant Learning System (MPLS) that provides instructors with the ways and means to facilitate student learning in an elementary-school-level botany course. The MPLS represented in this study was implemented to address problems that arise with the use of a didactic approach to teaching and learning botany, as is…
Descriptors: Research Design, Test Results, Elementary Education, Program Effectiveness
Horticulture
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Murdock, Ashleigh Barbee, Ed. – Research and Curriculum Unit, 2011
Secondary vocational-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Field Trips, Learning Activities, Federal Legislation
Concepts of Agriscience
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Murdock, Ashleigh Barbee – Research and Curriculum Unit, 2010
Secondary vocational-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Technical Education, Teaching Methods, Academic Standards