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Sivia, Awneet; MacMath, Sheryl; Novakowski, Chelsea; Britton, Vandy – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2019
To investigate any possible differences in student engagement between project-based learning units and non-project-based learning units, this triangulation design-convergence mixed methods study followed a grade 10 teacher and her students as they completed science units on chemistry, aquaponics, and genetics. Student engagement was measured in…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Learner Engagement, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Wrigley, Colin – Teaching Science, 2012
Three and a half centuries ago, a five-year experiment was conducted involving the growth of a willow tree in a pot which received only water. The conclusion, that a tree is therefore made solely from water, was not so ridiculous when there was still general acceptance of the Aristotelian view of only four "elements": water, earth, fire and air.…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Water