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  • HowStuffWorks "10 Science Experiments That Changed the World" on 2009-06-06
  • America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science on 2009-06-02

      • These goals include:4



        • Enhancing mastery of subject matter.



        • Developing scientific reasoning.



        • Understanding the complexity and ambiguity of empirical
          work.



        • Developing practical skills.



        • Understanding the nature of science.



        • Cultivating interest in science and interest in learning
          science.



        • Developing teamwork abilities.

  • America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science on 2009-06-02
    • Currently, however, most high schools provide a narrow range of laboratory
      activities, engaging students primarily in using tools to make observations and
      gather data, often in order to verify established scientific knowledge. Students
      rarely have opportunities to formulate research questions or to build and revise
      explanatory models
  • America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science on 2009-06-02
    • It has become increasingly clear that it is not realistic to expect students to
      arrive at accepted scientific concepts and ideas by simply experiencing some
      aspects of scientific research (Millar, 2004).
  • America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science on 2009-06-02
    • arriving at the term “laboratory experiences” to describe teaching and learning
      that may take place in a laboratory room or in other settings:

        • Physical manipulation of the real-world substances or systems
          under investigation. This may include such activities as chemistry experiments,
          plant or animal dissections in biology, and investigation of rocks or minerals
          for identification in earth science.



        • Interaction with simulations. Physical models have been used
          throughout the history of science teaching (Lunetta, 1998). Today, students can
          work

  • America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science on 2009-06-02
    • Clearly, the United States needs high school graduates with scientific
      literacy—both to meet the economy’s need for skilled workers and future
      scientists and to develop the scientific habits of mind that can help citizens
      in their everyday lives
  • America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science on 2009-06-02

    • In the standards, the NRC suggested a new approach to
      laboratories that went beyond simply engaging students in experiments. The NRC
      explicitly recognized that laboratory investigations should be learning
      experiences, stating that high school students must “actively participate in
      scientific investigations, and … use the cognitive and manipulative skills
      associated with the formulation of scientific explanations” (National Research
      Council, 1996, p. 173).

  • America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science on 2009-06-02
    • Joseph Schwab advocated the closely related idea of an “inquiry approach” to
      science education (Rudolph, 2003). In a seminal article, Schwab argued against
      teaching science facts, which he termed a “rhetoric of conclusions” (Schwab,
      1962, p. 25). Instead, he proposed that teachers engage students with materials
      that would motivate them to learn about natural phenomena through inquiry while
      also learning about some of the strengths and weaknesses of the processes of
      scientific inquiry.
  • America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science on 2009-06-02

    • The committee defines high school science laboratories as
      follows: laboratory experiences provide opportunities for students to interact
      directly with the material world (or with data drawn from the material world),
      using the tools, data collection techniques, models, and theories of
      science.

  • America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science on 2009-06-02
    • Today a majority of policy makers, scientists, educators, and parents agree that
      high school graduates must have a sophisticated grasp and appreciation of
      science and technology to participate fully in the work place, to understand
      their everyday decisions on matter ranging from health to energy resources to
      climate, and to participate as informed citizens in the civic realm.

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