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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Scientific Inquiry

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Tutorial provides an understanding of the scientific method and how it is used to study the world around us. Students will learn about scientific inquiry and be able...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Scientific Inquiry: Scientific Methods

For Students 3rd - 8th
A video that explains the steps involved in the scientific method. Includes a karaoke song with lyrics, a quiz to test students' knowledge, and vocabulary definitions.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Beginning Scientific Inquiry With Water Kits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use their prior investigations with the Foss water kit to help create controlled scientific investigations. Groups will create a scientifically oriented question to further investigate water. They will create a posterboard...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Scientific Inquiry: Outcomes and Predictions

For Students 3rd - 8th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on identifying possible outcomes and making predictions.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Scientific Inquiry: Investigations to Collect Data

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sing along to a karaoke song about collecting data through observation and measurement, review related vocabulary definitions, and take a quiz to test your knowledge.
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University of California

Wise: The Web Based Inquiry Science Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Enter a place where students and teachers can examine real world current science controversies. This resource allows teachers to choose and grade a project based on their curriculum. The students can...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Scientific Method

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describe how the Renaissance period in history changed the approach to science. Identify the steps of the scientific method. Differentiate between the independent...
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Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Scientific Discovery

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientific discovery is the process or product of successful scientific inquiry. Objects of discovery can be things, events, processes, causes, and properties as well as theories and hypotheses and their features (their explanatory...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Stream Velocity Investigation Using Inquiry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An outdoor activity where students visit a local stream for a scientific inquiry. They make observations about the stream, and take measurements of the stream's velocity, depth, and width. They will also develop a sediment thickness...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Scientific Inquiry, Episode 1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this classroom activity, learners discuss how people and pollution affect the environment. Then they demonstrate ways to recycle, reduce, and reuse.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Scientific Inquiry, Episode 2

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A project where students research and learn about animals of the rainforest. Students then make mobiles displaying several different animal pictures and facts.
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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Inquiry in Action: Teach Science Well

For Students 9th - 10th
Online textbook reviews fundamentals of chemistry and physical science via slideshow presentations, notes, and videos. Materials for classroom activities engage students in inquiry-based, hands-on investigations covering molecular...
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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Inquiry in Action: Teach Science Well

For Students 9th - 10th
Online textbook reviews fundamentals of chemistry and physical science via slideshow presentations, notes, and videos. Materials for classroom activities engage students in inquiry-based, hands-on investigations covering molecular...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Map and Compass Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Science Scope article presents an activity on topography and land masses that helps young scholars learn about scientific inquiry. Students also practice making and interpreting scale drawings and learning about computation, estimation...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Plant Pest Control

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The goal of this learning experience is to familiarize learners with the concept of scientific inquiry, hypothesis formation, experimental design, data analysis, and interpretation. Students will explore the website "Which Pest Control...
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Google

Google: Science Fair 2014

For Students 9th - 10th
An online global competition where students can submit their science fair project. Projects are judged and scored to encourage students to use scientific inquiry. Site also includes a teacher section with lesson plans to help students...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Forces: Pop Bottle Rockets

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lab, students will work on scientific inquiry skills: observation, developing questions, conducting an experiment, and collecting data. They will investigate forces using pop bottle rockets that they have designed.
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Other

Generation Cures: Pathogens [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will use scientific inquiry to prevent infection within an organism. At the end of the activity, students will understand cell characteristics, effect of microorganisms and how the body protects against harmful microorganism....
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Other

American Coal Foundation: Lesson Plan: Coal Formation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this four-part lesson, young scholars will conduct a simulation of the coal formation process and will show the ability to do scientific inquiry. For the final project, they will use their findings they have recorded on their "Coal...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: I'm So Crushed

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students will have an opportunity to solve a mystery. They will discover why a soda can collapses during a demonstration due to the effects of changes in temperature and atmospheric pressure. Students will gain further...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Utilizing Scientific Inquiry in Creative Writing

For Teachers K - 1st
In a writing workshop activity, young scholars determine the specific dietary, habitat, and reproductive strategies of an organism through research and observation.
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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Invitations to Inquiry With Data Using Field Scope

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Invitations to Inquiry are short instructional activities designed to help middle and high school students work with large data sets. Teachers and students use the interactive FieldScope platform to collect, visualize, and analyze...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Scientific Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the steps of scientific investigation. It is intended to help build understanding of the scientific investigation process by providing definitions, opportunities for student...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Digging Up Details on Worms: Using Science in an Inquiry Study

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan based on a study unit of earthworms, using the inquiry model to integrate scientific processes with literacy practices. Instruction plans, related resources, and standards are included.

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