Teaching Trees: Revisions to an inquiry-based, service-learning field lab broadens student learning and better aligns to learning outcomes.

Journal Article | May 2024

Most introductory science courses are large, lecture-style general education classes. Introduction to Environmental Science (ES 100) at NC State University is no exception, enrolling 200-300 students and meeting in the…

Breaking into Inquiry

Journal Article | September 2005

An inquiry-based curriculum requires teachers to design experiences that engage students in scientific phenomena through direct observation, data gathering, and analysis of evidence. Replacing familiar routines and…

Personalized Inquiry

Journal Article | November 2010

Having taught K–12 students and preservice teachers for almost 20 years, the author knows the problems that arise when students are asked to generate an investigation of their own design. Therefore, she developed some…

Inquiry and Aquifers

Journal Article | October 2001

Teachers can use these activities to teach students the basics of soil permeability, groundwater movement, and pollution risks. Students use inquiry to develop experiments in which they construct models, collect and…

Flying Into Inquiry

Journal Article | November 2012

This article describes several different citizen science investigations in which students learn about adaptation, interactions among species and their environments and change over time—fundamental principles in biology.

Indicators for Inquiry

Journal Article | January 2006

Fifth-grade students use homemade plant-based acid/base indicators to learn about matter at an age-appropriate level and develop process skills. As a result of completing this lesson sequence the students should be able…