Science

These examples are provided as resources for professional development sessions provided by authorized eMINTS instructors and staff and may not be copied or redistributed without the express written consent of the eMINTS National Center. To request permission, contact emints-info@emints.org.

Session Resources

Reaction Time

Fastball Reaction Time
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/reactiontime.html

Reaction Tester
http://www.bmeijer.com/games/reaction_tester/

Test Your Reaction Time
http://www.neth.de/Interact/Games/reacT.html

Analyzing a Science Activity

Why Don't Hens Break Their Eggs?
http://resources.yesican-science.ca/lpdd/g03/demos/eggs1.htm

General Resources

Building Inquiry in a Second Grade Classroom
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf99148/ch_8.htm

Building Inquiry in a Fifth Grade Classroom
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf99148/ch_9.htm

Learning Through Science Inquiry
http://www.learner.org/resources/series129.html
Virtual workshop consisting of a series of videos with actual classroom examples of the scientific inquiry process. Teachers can take the workshop for college credit.

Life Science Inquiry Activities
http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/lifescienceinquiry.html

How to Make Lab Activities More Open Ended
http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/workshops/lab_activities.html

Inquiry Education for Teachers
http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/workshops.html
A list of online articles concerning science inquiry, many with specific classroom examples.

The Inquiry Page
http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/index.php

Center for Inquiry-Based Learning ( Duke University )
http://www.biology.duke.edu/cibl/
A set of inquiry-based exercises.

Institute for Inquiry
http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/index.html
Teacher preparation for inquiry-based instruction.

Science NetLinks: Science Activities by Grade Level
http://www.sciencenetlinks.org/matrix.cfm

Questions for Science Exploration
http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/inquiryquery.html

Science Process Skills
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf99148/ch_7.htm

DESE Grade-Level Expectations (GLEs)
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/SCgle.html

Reviewed February 25, 2009.