Asking Questions in Biology: Discovery versus Knowledge

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.06.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Objective
  3. Demographics
  4. Inquiry
  5. Background Information
  6. Comparative Anatomy
  7. Not all scientists are right!
  8. Strategies
  9. Classroom Activities
  10. Standards
  11. Appendix A
  12. Appendix B
  13. Appendix C
  14. Appendix D
  15. Resources
  16. Endnotes

Inquiring Minds Want to Know...Teaching Vertebrates through Inquiry

Kathleen Geri Gormley

Published September 2012

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Resources

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—. Big Book of What. New York: Time Home Entertainment, 2012.

Weinbaum, Alexandra, David Allen, Tina Blythe, Katherine Simon, Steve Seidel, and Catherine Rubin. Teaching as Inquiry: Asking Hard Questions to Improve Practice and Student Achievement. New York: Teachers College Press, 2004.

Weizman, Zehava Oz, and Catherine E. Snow. "Lexical Input as Related to Children's Vocabulary Acquisition: Effects of Sophisticated Exposure and Support for Meaning." Developmental Psychology, 2001: 265-279.

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