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Direct linkAmaral, Olga; Garrison, Leslie; Duron-Flores, Mercedes – Science and Children, 2006
Imagine a science activity that excites native English speakers and English learners alike while simultaneously teaching students about tools used in science experiments, increasing science vocabulary, and improving students' skills in recording information. Inventorying science kits or materials from science units with students does just that…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Science Experiments, Learning Experience, Academic Discourse
Peer reviewedKeller, J. David – Science Activities, 1993
Presents a problem-solving activity in which students determine the effects on the water level in a pool when rocks are removed from a boat floating in the pool and placed into the water. Students discuss the problem, design an experiment to test solutions, conduct the experiment, and draw conclusions. (MDH)
Descriptors: Debate, Density (Matter), Problem Solving, Science Activities
