Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:08 PM in Inquiry Based Projects
A great inquiry based lab I did with my students was dry ice. Students go to use different materials (hot plate, water at different temps, various metals, vinegar, soap, etc) to see how it would react with dry ice and draw conclusions on why. It was a lot of fun and dry ice isn't something students see every day!
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Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:01 PM in
Found this online, has some interesting lesson plans.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/db/search/detail.aspx?co...1&KEYWORD=
Other inquiry based lessons could be looking at a particular life cycle (frog, beetle, butterfly).
Water uptake of Plants (carnations and food dye...kids love this!)
Camouflage (scavenger Hunt): Have students make animals that look like the surroundings of ...
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Sun, Mar 23, 2014 4:46 PM in Unit Plan on Trees
A tree walk sounds like a great idea! While on the walk you can have students carry baggies and make collections of the different parts of trees (bark, leaves, branches, seeds/flowers/etc). You could discuss the physical properties of different parts of trees. Then you can have a fun little project where the students have poster paper and draw one of the trees they saw and then glue the differ...
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