2009 MASCD Science Workshop

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Inquiry-Based Science in the Secondary Classroom: Techniques and Tools for Making Science More Engaging and Exciting

Pauline Allaire-Adams, Teachers21

If you would like to host this workshop, contact Mary Forte Hayes, MASCD Executive Director.

Providing students with multiple opportunities to think and act like scientists and make high school science curriculum come alive is the focus of this institute. Teachers will help students view science as a "way of thinking" rather than an accumulation of facts. Participants will deepen their understanding of the theory and implementation of inquiry-based science.

Goals:

• To make science come alive for students
• To use inquiry-based science to focus and coordinate the entire secondary school   curriculum offerings
• To create a common language connecting all science disciplines

Participants Will:

• Identify what inquiry is and what it is not
• Develop an understanding of the theory of constructivism and its implications for inquiry-based learning
• Use inquiry as a means of delivering a rigorous curriculum and engaging instruction
• Examine the skills and knowledge needed to be an inquiry -based teacher
• Plan inquiry-based lessons to use in today's classrooms
• Discover how inquiry may be used to strengthening thinking skills

Registration for non-members is $189. Click here to visit the MASCD website for non-member registration.

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