Science Inquiry Project Case Collection

Author: (USA) David Deuel / (USA) Charles Fisher / Zhu Wenhua / Zeng Li
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: The book contains six units. Each unit consists of three to five topics, and the content is basically what is required in the middle school "Science" curriculum. The first two units belong to Earth science, covering plate tectonics and seismology, respectively. The next two units are life science units, focusing on genetics and ecology. The last two units are physical science units, involving electricity and chromatography. The purpose of the teaching activities in these units is not to provide complex and detailed lectures on these important natural science fields, but to provide teachers with new materials to supplement science classroom teaching, making the classroom content richer, more dynamic, and more effective. The authors of the book found that it was precisely because they used these materials in the classroom that some students developed a strong interest in scientific exploration. Undoubtedly, this is one of the important goals of modern science education. The content arrangement of each unit activity in the book is basically consistent. Each unit provides sufficient background information, which is very important for teachers, as it allows them to be more confident and prepared in teaching. At the beginning of each topic, the necessary details for the activity are listed first, such as required materials, teaching objectives, experimental grouping, and prerequisite knowledge.