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Potenza, Susan Ade – Teaching Pre K-8, 2007
In this article, the author discusses a five-month interdisciplinary bird study that she designed for her seventh-grade students that combines life science, technology, writing, art, mathematics, social studies and literature. The driving force behind this yearly unit is the BirdSleuth eBird program (formerly the Cornell University Classroom…
Descriptors: Ornithology, Science Education, Student Interests, Integrated Curriculum
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Lock, Roger – Education in Science, 1991
The problems and possibilities that have arisen since the Key Stage 3 of the National Science Curriculum was implemented in the United Kingdom are discussed. The assessment strategies used with various attainment targets are described. The influence of the National Curriculum on testing is addressed. (KR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, British National Curriculum, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Design
Roth, Wolff-Michael; Lee, Stuart – 2001
A central fallacy of traditional science education is its focus on laboratory science as the touchstone against which science teaching and learning should be compared. This approach teaches students to see the world with the eyes of science rather than to build their own view of the world; it favors students becoming conformist rather than…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Grade 7