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This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This article describes an inquiry-based activity that teaches students the importance of random sampling, a critical component of many…
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This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. This month's column describes an activity for eighth-grade classrooms that addresses energy transformation and…
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Methods and Strategies: Using Argument-Based Inquiry Strategies for STEM Infused Science Teaching
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This article focuses on an argument-based inquiry (ABI) approach to a fourth-grade unit on waves. A fourth-grade teacher included multiple…
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Planimal House: An inquiry-oriented project in which biology students study live organisms
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Planimal House is a six-week-long inquiry oriented project that enables biology students to learn the secrets of nature by doing in-depth research on living creatures. It brings biology and the nature of inquiry alive!
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Inquiry-based instruction is widely promoted to increase both students’ conceptual understanding and their engagement in course content. What this means for day-to-day practices in the classroom is more elusive.…
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Guest Editorial: Our Science Story: When Science Inquiry Meets the Common Core
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An opinion piece that shares information about an interactive science journal.
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This article describes how a Botany Laboratory Inquiry Project (BLIP) can be included in a general botany laboratory. The stated purpose of the BLIP component is to provide a student with the opportunity to select a…
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“How can we prepare students to function in a democratic society if we don’t model democracy in our schools and classrooms?” The author works with his students to develop the class syllabus and vote on which Earth…
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More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching (e-book)
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Where do rotten apples go after they fall off the tree? Does the temperature of the wood affect the heat of the fire? Can you make water boil faster? How large a mirror do you need to see your whole body? This second…