A Lesson in Geospatial Inquiry

Page | November 2019

Online Extras: Whole-Class Inquiry

Page | March 2020

Learning and Teaching Scientific Inquiry: Research and Applications

NSTA Press Book | October 2011

Science teacher educators, curriculum specialists, professional development facilitators, and K–8 teachers are bound to increase their understanding and confidence when teaching inquiry after a careful reading of this…

40 Inquiry Exercises for the College Biology Lab

NSTA Press Book | March 2009

Drawing from the author’s own work as a lab developer, coordinator, and instructor, this one-of-a-kind text for college biology teachers uses the inquiry method in presenting 40 different lab exercises that make…

Online Extra: Learning and Teaching Scientific Inquiry

Page | March 2020

What Is Inquiry?

Book Chapter | March 2009

If students develop an understanding of how science inquiry is done and how it contributes to understanding the natural world, they will be better prepared to analyze and interpret information throughout their lives.…

Assessment of Inquiry

Book Chapter | December 2002

This chapter provides an overview of frameworks that teachers can use to conduct assessments of students’ engagement in scientific inquiry. The author examines two factors that are central to such assessment. One factor…

The STEM of Inquiry

Book Chapter | May 2016

In this chapter, students investigate how to carry and transport a heavy object including designing and using a tool. With science, technology, engineering, and mathematical concepts involved, it could be included as…

Inquiry at Play

Book Chapter | March 2016

In this chapter, the objective of the activity “A Scientist Visits” is to introduce a scientist (through a classroom visit from a real scientist or by the teacher dressing as a historical or living scientist), to learn…

Ongoing Inquiry

Book Chapter | March 2016

In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Properties of Water” is to engage children in ongoing inquiry by exploring a question or material (in this case, the properties of water) for a period of weeks, using…

The STEM of Inquiry

Book Chapter | March 2016

In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Heavy Lifting” is to investigate how to carry and transport a heavy object, including designing and using a tool. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this book selection…

Inquiry into Expertise

Journal Article | October 2024

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