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Rule, Audrey C.; Tallakson, Denise A.; Glascock, Alex L.; Chao, Astoria – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2015
This article describes an arts- and spatial thinking skill--integrated inquiry project applied to life science concepts from the Next Generation Science Standards for fourth grade students that focuses on two unifying or crosscutting themes: (1) structure (or "form") and function and (2) use of models. Students made observations and…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Inquiry, Science Activities, Models
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Scott, Catherine Marie – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2016
When studying informal science programs, researchers often overlook the opportunities enabled and constrained in each program and the practices reinforced for participants. In this case study, I examined the normative scientific practices reinforced in one-week-long "Herpetology" (the study of reptiles and amphibians) program for…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Science Education, Summer Programs, Animals