Thu, Oct 11, 2012 1:49 PM in The move to inquiry...or better yet PBL
My inquiry lessons this year have been hit or miss. Some classes do better with it than others. For example, this week my classes created a "human table." Each student was assigned a shape: dot, circle, triangle, square, pentagon, and hexagon. Each shape had a unique size and color. They had to put themselves in rows and columns (we are about to discuss the periodic table). Some classes just st...
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Mon, Oct 01, 2012 1:40 PM in Significant Figures
Thank you for the ideas. I had two students come to the front. One of the students measured the height of the other student using three different meter sticks (each one with a different calibration). This turned out to be a great way to introduce the topic, since they had to estimate the last digit each time.
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Mon, Oct 01, 2012 1:29 PM in Sub Plans for High School Chemistry
Thank you! These are all great ideas!
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