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Keystone Colloquium, February 28, 2002 The Process Circus: Developing the Process Skills of Inquiry-Based Science Continued
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| In the afternoon session, consideration turns to using other resources to help students use and increase their process skills. | |
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With the list of indicators in hand, participants evaluate websites offering activities for student use. Here too, they determine which skills are promoted, at what levels, and how teachers might supplement the websites with other materials to strengthen science learning. |
| Intriguing devices encountered in museum visits also inspire the use of process skills. Participants consider how to capitalize on these informal learning experiences. |  |
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While having fun, participants design potential prompts for exploration guides which might encourage their students to use or increase specific skills. |
| Some exhibits elicit such powerful responses from groups of young visitors that Keystone participants can envision investigations begun there building into rich science learning if continued back in the classroom. |  |
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Even something as basic as bouncing a basketball on a variety of surfaces can lead to further questions and investigations. |
| Intense conversations continue throughout the museum… |  |
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…and long after the workshop has ended, small pockets of participants are still off in corners sharing their insights, ideas, and plans for the future. |
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| The Franklin Institute gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the National Science Foundation and Unisys Corporation. | |||
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The Franklin Institute is the Demonstration Site for the
Eisenhower
Mid-Atlantic Consortium, providing science and math
resources for teachers.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9819641. © 2003. All rights reserved.
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