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HHMI Middle School Science Teachers Workshop, Summer 2005

Inquiry-Based Labs in Biological and Physical Science

Presentation Assignment

Working in groups of three (preferably with others teaching at the same grade level), present an inquiry-based exercise in biology or physics suitable for the grade level you teach. The exercise can be based on a lab you currently do, one of the projects we work on in the workshop, or an idea of your own. In your presentation, you should provide background information relating the topic to your course content and goals and to the science standards. You should also outline the materials needed for the inquiry, as well as the procedures students should be given for working with the equipment. You should give examples of ways to arrange and present typical data that might be gathered in such an inquiry and suggestions for how students can share their results and experiences and how the instructor can generate discussion and follow-up investigations. Presentations should be the work of the whole group; make sure that everyone has a chance to contribute ideas and to help construct the presentation (using PowerPoint, with guidance from the instructors). Presentations should be approximately 20 minutes in length.

Presentations by Participants

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Decomposers by Ginny Hubbard, Bill Oxenford, and Susan White

Kitchen Chemistry by Tammy Orsborn, Dino D'Ettorre, and Dawn Toombs

Potential and Kinetic Energy by Liz Clark, Lori Miller, and Don Marn

Plate Tectonics by Bradd Stevens, Jason Crawford, and Chuck Adkins

Popcorn Investigation by Tisha Mickley, Jo Ann Buckingham, and Jenna Briggs

The Great Pumpkin by Ellen Frazier, Kim Alspach, and Elle Button

The Sound of Learning by Chrissy Kaufman, Joy Vance, and Bev Walker

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