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Comment by David R. Wetzel on June 21, 2010 at 12:20pm

5 Ways to Integrate Science Process Skills in Lessons

Integrating the science process skills within your teaching does not require drastic changes. It simply involves making the process of science more explicit in lessons, investigations, and activities you are already using in your curriculum.

The science process skills are the methods used for helping our students understand how we know what we know about the world in which they live. This often means going beyond a science textbook and supplementing the core-content within textbooks. It also means using your course content as a means for exposing students to the real process of science.

Comment by Sharon Padget on April 30, 2010 at 7:56pm

Hi everyone!

My name is Sharon Padget and I am a Freshman Academy and ELL science teacher at Ottumwa High School in Ottumwa Iowa. I previously taught Anatomy and Advanced Anatomy before making the switch. I am a web 2.0 and 3.0 tekkie at heart and love my wiki, blog and twitter PLN's! Hope to collaberate with someo of you.

Comment by David R. Wetzel on April 5, 2010 at 2:51pm

Solving Weaknesses in Math Education using Project Based Learning - A framework is provided for making connections between everyday math problem and solving real world math problems using inquiry or problems based Learning.. Connections are made regarding project based learning for teachers new to the process, along with recommendations for teachers who are veterans of project based learning.

Comment by David R. Wetzel on March 18, 2010 at 7:31pm

Web Based Science Inquiry Learning Centers: Combining Online Resources with Classroom Science Investigations. For a web-based learning to be truly effective it must be interactive. This means that it is not just a reformatted canned lesson of printed worksheets placed on the web. The web-based activity is inquiry-based and incorporates the full features available on the web – interactivity between computer and student. The learning activity must engage student critical thinking skills by using the scientific inquiry process.

Comment by David R. Wetzel on March 18, 2010 at 7:28pm

Scientific Inquiry as a Process for Learning: Teaching Science Using an Inquiry Based Approach to Investigations. Teaching scientific inquiry using as a process for learning science provides teachers with the opportunity to develop student abilities use critical thinking, along with deepening student understanding of science. As students focus on the experimental processes of doing science investigations they develop the ability to ask questions, investigate aspects of the natural world around them, and use the power of observations to construct reasonable explanations of experiment findings.