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Inquiry-based exploration of human impacts on stream ecosystems: The Mud Creek case study
This unit plan for high school earth and environmental science explores the impact of human activity on the health of streams in urban and non-urban settings. Students mimic current scientific research by measuring physical, chemical, and biological indicators of stream health.
Format: (multiple pages)
Why inquiry?
The rationale for using discovery learning methods in teaching science.
Science 2.0: Using web tools to promote inquiry-based science: Online course syllabus
Syllabus for the online course "e-Learning for Educators - Science 2.0: Using Web Tools to Promote Inquiry-Based Science," which teaches participants to use online resources to enhance inquiry-based teaching and learning in their science courses.
Format: syllabus
Teaching electricity and circuits through inquiry: Online course syllabus
This is a syllabus for the online course Teaching Electricity and Circuits through Inquiry.
Format: syllabus/online course
The learning cycle
A three-part model of scientific inquiry that encourages students to develop their own understanding of a scientific concept, explore and deepen that understanding, and then apply the concept to new situations.
Format: article/best practice
By David Walbert.

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Active approach to learning in which students investigate a problem based on a model of scientific inquiry. Students or teachers pose a problem, form hypotheses, collect and analyze data, and compare findings with initial hypotheses.

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