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Synergistic Inquiry
Synergistic Inquiry
// Thursday, January 3, 2019 • Tom Kuntzleman
Inquiry learning (also known as discovery learning)1 is an educational method that “places responsibility on the students to pose hypotheses, design experiments, make predictions…decide how to analyze results…and so on”.2 Several authors have attempted to define and describe the characteristics of inquiry learning in the science cl
sherds (broken pieces) of pottery
Archaeological Pottery - An Inquiry-based Laboratory Activity
// Wednesday, August 8, 2018 • Linda Ford
Are you up for trying an ambitious experiment that combines archeology, instrumental analysis, and a search for patterns in data? Then this activity might fit the bill! I came up with this activity after slipping into one of Kevin Braun’s presentations at the BCCE 2016 in Colorado.
roasting coffee bean research project
Stop trying to get your students interested in chemistry!
// Friday, August 25, 2017 • Tom Kuntzleman
In 2015, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) published a research report entitled Public Attitudes to Chemistry.1 I was surprised by the public’s lack of interest and enthusiasm for chemistry reported therein. Two-thirds of those surveyed reported negative or neutral feelings towards chemistry!
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ELLs and Science Practices
// Friday, June 5, 2015 • Shelly Belleau
In a previous blog post, I shared my thoughts about the importance of science teachers (and all teachers, really) supporting their claims about lesson efficacy with evidence.
Teacher Researcher
Teacher as Researcher
// Friday, May 8, 2015 • Shelly Belleau
In teaching we regularly change our class structures and routines and we implement new “interventions” in hopes of changing classroom dynamics or reaching more students.  I know that most of the time I make these decisions based upon anecdotal evidence, perhaps after glancing at
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Using Research Journals in High School Chemistry
// Tuesday, April 15, 2014 • Deanna Cullen
I attended professional development provided by the VanAndel Education Institute (VAEI) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that provided an opportunity to observe scientists at the VanAndel Institute engage in a journal club.