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Teacher's Toolkit: Troubleshooting: A Bridge That Connects Engineering Design and Scientific Inquiry
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This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue discusses how to troubleshoot during the design process.
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Society for College Science Teachers: Was "Inquiry" a Mistake? It's all in the Name
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If teaching by inquiry is recommended as a practice for science teachers because it models the practice of scientific researchers and research supports it, why do scientific researchers resist it? The arguments vary--…
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Rice is Rice, Right? Who knew that rice could facilitate inquiry?
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Inquiry in the classroom can take many forms. The hands-on activity in this article is an economical and simple way to spark the inquiry process. Who knew that rice could facilitate inquiry?
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Inquiry-Based Science and the Next Generation Science Standards: A Magnetic Attraction
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An emergent inquiry unit allows students to reach their own conclusions about magnets.
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Science 101: An Integrated, Inquiry-Oriented Science Course for Education Majors
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Science 101 was designed by a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional team, with leadership from the Departments of Biology and Teacher Education, and participation by faculty in the Departments of Chemistry, Physics,…
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Predicting Population Curves: Using inquiry in the biology classroom to study populations
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A study of gray wolf populations in Wisconsin sparks inquiry in the biology classroom. Students evaluated variables that would affect the wolves, and developed one graph and a defense statement that the students agreed…
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Easy Ways to Promote Inquiry in a Laboratory Course: The Power of Student Questions
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To teach students to think like scientists, we modified our laboratory course to include regular opportunities for student practice of inquiry and the scientific process. Our techniques are simple; they can be…
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Research and Teaching: Implementing Inquiry-Based Learning in Teaching Serial Dilutions
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The 5E model of inquiry-based learning was incorporated into a sophomore-level microbiology laboratory to increase student understanding of serial dilutions, a concept that is often difficult for most students to…
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Questioning Cycle: Making Students' Thinking Explicit During Scientific Inquiry
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Are you thinking about ways to get your students to think about science? Inquiry learning is an excellent way for students to get actively involved in science. Use the informative questioning cycle described in this…
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Storm Trackers: In an inquiry-based unit, students learn to track hurricanes
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Storm Trackers is an inquiry-based unit designed to combine science, mathematics, geography, and English in an Earth science class. It places students in realistic problem-solving situations and presents meteorology…
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