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An effort to "do science" rather than "teach about science" in the secondary school science classroom.
Alan D. Sills, Panther Academy, Little Falls, NJ
This session will share with the attendees a few of the great things that are happening in some high school science classrooms across the nation today.
There are a number of initiatives and programs designed to teach middle and high school students what science really is - essentially "doing science" rather than just "learning about science."
Within this context, the presenter, a high school science teacher for the past 17 years, will illustrate and discuss a few investigations and tools that employ the use of data and information from online sources & from CD's or software and engage students in the active learning process where they are actually working as scientists, rather than just learning about science as a static activity.
Through the sharing of this information, perhaps, more classrooms across the nation can become more oriented towards "hands-on", "minds-on", "inquiry oriented" learning with active students who are excited at the prospect of attending science classes every day.
Poster Session 1, Poster Session: K-12, Popular and University Educational Initiatives
Sunday, 9 February 2003, 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
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