Activities for Teaching Science As Inquiry

by Carin, Arthur A.; Bass, Joel E.

• ISBN13: 9780130212818
• ISBN10: 0130212814
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Infused with the philosophical intent of the National Science Education Standards, the fifth edition of Activities for Teaching Science as Inquiry includes hands-on and process-oriented activities, and guides teachers to act as facilitators of learning.

Features of the fifth edition include:

• Inclusion of a model lesson to illustrate how to structure scientific inquiry within the framework of a teaching model.
• Practical suggestions for building learning communities.
• Integrated multimedia package:
• For professors: Three free videos from the Annenberg/CPB math and science series. Video Cases illustrate professional practice in science education, model science inquiry in classrooms, and exemplify the ongoing, reflective process teachers engage in to assess the effectiveness of their instruction.
• For students: A free Companion Website presents additional classroom video with corresponding performance assessment activities.

Table of Contents

Using Activities for Inquiry	3	(25)
Engaging Students in Inquiry	4	(1)
Use Well-Designed and Proven Activities	4	(3)
Planning for the Use of Activities	5	(2)
Sequencing Science Instruction and Inquiry	7	(2)
Begin with State or Local Curriculum Guidelines	7	(2)
Lesson Plan: An Inquiry into Pendulums	9	(8)
Cooperative Learning	17	(6)
A Cooperative Learning Group Model	18	(5)
How Text Activities Are Organized	23	(1)
References	24	(1)
Physical Science Activities	25	(79)
Matter and Energy: Engagement Activities	25	(3)
Where Did the Water Go? (K-2)	25	(1)
How Can We Dry Clothes Faster? (K-2)	26	(1)
Why Does Water Roll Off Some Things? (K-5)	27	(1)
Matter and Energy: Exploration Activities	28	(7)
Why Does Water Appear to Disappear? (K-8)	28	(3)
What Are Water Molecules, and How Do They Affect Each Other? (K-8)	31	(4)
Thermal Energy (Heat): Engagement Activities	35	(2)
What Makes Things Get Hotter? (K-5)	35	(2)
Thermal Energy (Heat): Exploration Activities	37	(9)
What Is Thermal Energy, or Heat? (K-8)	37	(4)
How Is Heat Transmitted by Radiation, Convection, and Conduction? (3-8)	41	(3)
What Effect Does Heat Have on the States of Matter? (6-8)	44	(2)
Air Pressure: Engagement Activities	46	(2)
What Makes Balloons Grow Bigger and Move Farther? (K-2)	46	(1)
What's in Your Baggies? How Do You Know? (K-2)	47	(1)
How Can You Make a Kite and Get It to Fly? (K-2)	48	(1)
Air Pressure: Exploration Activities	48	(9)
What Is Air? (K-2)	48	(3)
How Do the Effects of Moving Air Differ from the Effects of Nonmoving Air? (K-5)	51	(6)
Sound Energy: Engagement Activities	57	(1)
What Makes a Drum Louder? (K-2)	57	(1)
How Can You Make Sounds Less Noisy? (K-2)	58	(1)
Sound Energy: Exploration Activities	58	(6)
What Is Sound, and How Is It Produced and Conducted? (K-2)	58	(1)
How Does the Length of an Air Column Affect Sound? (K-2)	59	(2)
How Do Solids and Liquids Conduct Sounds? (K-5)	61	(3)
Simple Machines (Mechanics): Engagement Activities	64	(1)
How Can You Make Balls Roll Faster? (K-2)	64	(1)
How Do Wheels Help Toys Move? (K-2)	65	(1)
Simple Machines (Mechanics): Exploration Activities	65	(13)
What Is an Inclined Plane, and How Can You Use It? (3-8)	65	(2)
What Is the Advantage of Using a Wheel and Axle? (3-8)	67	(4)
What Is a Screw, and How Is It Used? (3-8)	71	(2)
How Is a Screw Used in a Jack?	73	(1)
What Is a Movable Pulley, and How Can You Use It? (3-8)	74	(2)
What Is a Lever and How Can You Use It? (3-8)	76	(2)
Magnetic and Electrical Energies and Interactions: Engagement Activities	78	(2)
What Can Magnets Do? (K-2)	78	(1)
What Are the Shapes and Names of Magnets? (K-2)	79	(1)
Magnetic and Electrical Energies and Interactions: Exploration Activities	80	(16)
What Is a Magnet? (K-5)	80	(2)
What Are the Parts of a Magnet?	82	(3)
What Is Static Electricity? (K-8)	85	(1)
How Can You Produce Static Electricity?	86	(2)
How Can You Demonstrate Force Between Like and Unlike Charges?	88	(3)
How Can You Make Electricity by Using Magnetism? (6-8)	91	(2)
How Can You Make a Temporary (Electro) Magnet? (6-8)	93	(2)
How Are Parallel and Series Circuits the Same and Different? (6-8)	95	(1)
Light, Energy, Shadows, Lenses, and Color: Engagement Activities	96	(2)
How Does Light Move and Pass Through Some Things? (K-2)	96	(1)
How Can You Make a Shadow Theater? (K-4)	97	(1)
Light, Energy, Shadows, Lenses, and Color: Exploration Activities	98	(6)
What Does a Prism Do to White Light? (K-4)	98	(3)
How Does Light Appear to Travel? (3-8)	101	(3)
Life, Ecology, and Environmental Science Activities	104	(89)
Plant Anatomy and Physiology: Engagement Activities	104	(2)
What Kinds of Things Can We Do with Plants?	104	(1)
How Can Some Plants Grow Without Seeds? (K-2)	105	(1)
Plant Anatomy and Physiology: Exploration Activities	106	(18)
What Is Variation? (K-2)	106	(1)
What Are Seeds, and How Do They Grow? (K-5)	107	(4)
What Are Plant Growth Stages and Parts? (K-5)	111	(8)
How Is Sunlight Used by Growing Plants? (K-5)	119	(5)
Animal Anatomy and Physiology: Engagement Activities	124	(2)
What Do Fish Need to Live? (K-2)	124	(1)
What Are the Stages That Insects Go Through? (K-5)	124	(2)
Animal Anatomy and Physiology: Exploration Activities	126	(9)
How Do Ants Live? (K-2)	126	(2)
What Do You Know About the Birds Around You? (K-5)	128	(4)
How Do Birds Differ from Mammals? (3-8)	132	(1)
How Does a Lack of Oxygen Affect Animals? (3-5)	133	(2)
Human Anatomy, Physiology, Nutrition, and Health: Engagement Activities	135	(2)
How Does Your Body Cool Itself? (K-5)	135	(1)
How Big Are Your Lungs? (3-5)	136	(1)
Human Anatomy, Physiology, Nutrition, and Health: Exploration Activities	137	(34)
How Do Humans Breathe? (K-8)	137	(6)
How Does Our Skin Protect Us? (3-8)	143	(3)
Why Does Your Body Need Food for Growth and Health? (3-8)	146	(2)
What Else Do We Need from Food, and How Can We Test for It? (3-8)	148	(17)
How Can You See Which Soda Has More Sugar? (3-8)	165	(1)
How Does Your Body Change and Use Starch in the Foods You Eat?	166	(5)
Ecology and the Environment: Engagement Activities	171	(2)
How Clean Is the Air You Breathe?	171	(1)
Which Materials Break Down (Decompose) Easily? (K-5)	172	(1)
Ecology and the Environment: Exploration Activities	173	(20)
How Does the Environment Affect Living Things? (3-5)	173	(6)
How Do Animals and Humans Affect Their Water Environments? (Water Pollution) (3-8)	179	(4)
What Is Air Pollution, What Causes It, How Does It Affect the Environment, and How Might It Be Prevented and Reversed? (K-8)	183	(10)
Earth and Space Science Activities	193	(41)
Astronomy (Earth in Space): Engagement Activities	193	(2)
What Causes Shadows, and How Can They Be Changed? (K-2)	193	(1)
How Can Shadows Help You Tell Time? (K-2)	194	(1)
Astronomy (Earth in Space): Exploration Activities	195	(6)
Why Is There Day and Night? (K-2)	195	(1)
Why Does the Moon Shine? (3-5)	196	(2)
Why Does It Appear That There Are Phases of the Moon? (3-5)	198	(3)
Meteorology (Weather): Engagement Activities	201	(2)
How Are Clouds and Fog Formed?	201	(1)
What Is the Greenhouse Effect? (K-2)	202	(1)
Meteorology (Weather): Exploration Activities	203	(14)
How Can You Measure Temperature Changes? What Is a Thermometer? (K-2)
How Can Solar Energy Be Used? (3-5)	205	(2)
How Can You Measure Wind Direction and Speed? (3-8)	207	(5)
How Can You Measure Air Pressure Changes?	212	(3)
How Can You Measure Humidity Changes? What Is a Hygrometer? (3-8)	215	(2)
Geology (Earth's Changing Surface): Engagement Activities	217	(2)
How Are Rocks Broken Up? (K-2)	217	(1)
How Can You Build Stalactites and Stalagmites?	218	(1)
Geology (Earth's Changing Surface): Exploration Activities	219	(15)
How Are Rocks Alike and Different, and How Do We Use Rocks? (K-5)	219	(4)
What Is a Fault, and How Does It Change the Earth's Surface? (K-5)	223	(4)
How Are Crystals Formed? (3-5)	227	(7)
Inquiry Science Activities for Students with Special Needs	234	(1)
Students with Blindness or Vision Impairments	235	(1)
Learning About Magnets	235	(1)
Identifying Objects in the Environment (K-8)	236	(1)
Finding Out About Body Position and Heart Rate (K-8)	236	(1)
``Seeing'' and Comparing Polluted Water Samples (3-8)	237	(1)
Students with Developmental Delays	238	(1)
Developing a Sense of Temperature (K-8)	238	(1)
Learning the Concept of Weight (K-8)	239	(1)
Discriminating Among Tastes (K-8)	240	(1)
Recognizing Common Odors (K-8)	241	(1)
Students with Visual Perception Problems	241	(1)
Observing Properties of Leaves (K-2)	241	(1)
Comparing Properties of Shells or Buttons and Classifying Them (K-2)	242	(1)
Using Plants to Teach Visual Sequencing (K-2)	243	(1)
Learning Relative Position and Motion (K-5)	244	(1)
Developing Visual Scrutiny and Analysis in an Outside-the-Classroom Walk (K-5)	245	(1)
Students with Emotional Disorders	246	(1)
Learning About the Environment by Touching (K-5)	246	(1)
Learning About the Environment by Listening and Moving (K-5)	247	(1)
Students with Deafness or Hearing Impairments	248
Appendixes	AP-1