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Wee Possum's Theorem of Active Learning: Using Common Horse Sense to Engage Students in Class Activities
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Bethany B. Stone; Katy Guthrie – American Biology Teacher, 2024
Many K-16 educators agree that active learning is a key component for student success in life sciences. At the same time, some instructors are frustrated by inconsistent student participation in these activities and may revert to traditional teaching strategies. Horse caregivers face a similar frustration when they lead a horse to water and it…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Biology, Science Instruction
Visualizing Habitats: Using Visual Data to Help Kindergarteners Model Relationships between Living Things and the Places They Live
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Wilcox, Jesse; Rose, Abby – Science and Children, 2022
Visual data--or visual sources of information--are a crucial part of helping students understand STEM concepts, improve their reading skills, and engage in science and engineering practices (Finson and Pedersen 2011). Indeed, many science and engineering practices require students to make meaning from visual data. When students are developing and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Animals, Animal Behavior, STEM Education
Herpetologist Transports Third-Graders to Frogland
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Matthews, Catherine E.; Cook, Helen M. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2004
A partnership between a university and a science and technology magnet school brings a renowned herpetologist. Dr. Meg Stewart, to involve third-graders in her studies of coqui frogs. These students prepared to meet this scientist with a series of lesson plans (eight activities and four lab lessons) to learn the anatomy, behavior, and diversity of…
Descriptors: Zoology, Grade 3, Partnerships in Education, Anatomy