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Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Biodynamic Farming

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During this module students learn about biodynamic farming through hands-on activities that culminate in having multiple schools collaborate to design subsystems that are combined to make a working aquaponic system. During the SAGE...
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Professional Doc
Government of Alberta

Alberta Learning: Focus on Inquiry [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This document provides supports for implementing inquiry-based learning activities in the classroom and is intended for teachers working on their own or in teams, with or without the support of a teacher-librarian or other library...
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Article
PBS

Kqed: Mind Shift: Inquiry Learning vs. Standardized Content: Can They Coexist?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A realistic look at the balance between content standards- driven teaching and inquiry-based learning.
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Article
PBS

Kqed: Mind Shift: 5 Tools to Help Students Learn How to Learn

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Taken together these five tools, which are deceptively simple, can give students the experience of deeper inquiry and insight into their own learning habits and preferences.
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Graphic
PBS

Kqed: Mind Shift: The Inquiry Process, Step by Step

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Created by educators in Australia, this diagram can be a helpful resource for students, as they embark on the inquiry learning process.
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Article
PBS

Kqed: Mind Shift: Creating Classrooms We Need: 8 Ways Into Inquiry Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Read these eight quick suggestions you can use with your students to begin infusing inquiry-based learning into your instruction.
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Article
PBS

Kqed: Mind Shift: How to Trigger Students' Inquiry Through Projects

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Project based learning helps students tap into their inquiry and curiosity. Use these five steps to help you develop meaningful student projects in your classroom.
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Lesson Plan
Science Museum of Minnesota

Thinking Fountain: Straws: Make a Glider

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Design and construct a glider that files! Compare the flights with classmates' prototypes to test the success of your design.
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Lesson Plan
Science Museum of Minnesota

Thinking Fountain: Noodle: Build a Spaghetti Structure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Design and construct a structure out of spaghetti and marshmallows. Although spaghetti doesn't seem like a strong building material, you can build surprisingly elegant and sturdy structures using it.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Early American Explorers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this project-based lesson, students will become detectives looking for information about early American explorers. Students will have the opportunity to navigate the Internet to locate important facts about these explorers....
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson challenges students to solve congestion and traffic delays in an intersection through modifying traffic signal operation. Students are required to collect traffic data, optimize the timing of a traffic signal via the use of...