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Keystone Colloquium, November 7, 2001 Objects and Inquiry Continued |
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Out on the museum floor, the teachers have been challenged to find an object or exhibit that intrigues them particularly. Adrienne conducts an informal investigation in The Sports Challenge exhibit, examining how where the ball hits on the racquet affects its course. |
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In response to an exhibit that discusses genetic predilections, this group compares finger lengths. |
| This group encounters the blue screen in the Weather Center and considers how their students might react to it. |  |
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Lori and Sandy investigate the model of the tornado, fascinated to see the weather phenomenon reduced to its basic elements. |
| After exploring in the museum, teachers created posters of the exhibit element that interested them most. |  |
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To extend the idea of an inquiry study being able to happen anywhere, with few to no tools, Susan asks the participants to engage in a few human body tricks. Here, the finger is mighty, and commands "Sit!" |
| Challenging for everyone, the task here is to touch one's nose to the pen on the floor without losing balance. |  |
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Susan wraps up the day's experiences, encouraging everyone to try to learn through observation and to seek science inquiry experiences outside of the world of the classroom as well as within it. |
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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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