In this ecology investigation, students will build and place rock baskets to …
In this ecology investigation, students will build and place rock baskets to collect benthic macroinvertebrates in a local waterway. They will observe and identify their macroinvertebrates and use the data to determine the pollution tolerance index for various areas of a river.
Use the clickers to generate data for demand and supply curves by …
Use the clickers to generate data for demand and supply curves by asking students to give numerical values for their maximum willingness to pay for something and their minimum willingness to accept for something. Use the data generated to graph both the demand and supply curves.
This technique reverses the usual order of definitions and examples used in …
This technique reverses the usual order of definitions and examples used in class to one of presenting an example or examples first and then having students "discover" the concept when asked with carefully constructed clicker questions.
Students engage in peer editing and cooperative discussion to enhance research questions …
Students engage in peer editing and cooperative discussion to enhance research questions based on criteria designed to generate effective economic research questions.
This activity is an inquiry based field investigation where students measure and …
This activity is an inquiry based field investigation where students measure and map a small stream and then develop an understanding of the formation of a variety of small stream features.
This activity is a teacher-guided inquiry activity of the sorting or grouping …
This activity is a teacher-guided inquiry activity of the sorting or grouping of Minnesota critters according to student driven criteria or purpose of their groupings. Teacher/student questions and discussion should be encouraged after this activity to emphasize that awareness of the criteria or purpose of certain groupings may be important before beginning an investigation.
Learning Assistants are used to facilitate student discussion in peer instruction during …
Learning Assistants are used to facilitate student discussion in peer instruction during clicker questions (i.e., classroom response systems), by asking Socratic questions, emphasizing reasoning, and probing student thinking.
Using quadrats along line transects in two different habitats, students will gather …
Using quadrats along line transects in two different habitats, students will gather data which will provide evidence that shows the interrelationships between vegetation types and small mammal populations
This activity is a computer lab activity in which students use Microsoft …
This activity is a computer lab activity in which students use Microsoft Excel to create a spreadsheet capable of calculating gravity forces and acceleration values for any two objects if the masses of the objects and their separation distance are entered. Students will use their calculators to analyze numerous object pairs and make conclusions about gravity forces and accelerations on earth, on other planets, and in space.
A variation of the think-pair-share technique is used to reinforce understanding of …
A variation of the think-pair-share technique is used to reinforce understanding of the income and substitution effects associated with a price change.
This activity is a field investigation in which students conduct a plant …
This activity is a field investigation in which students conduct a plant survey of two study plots, analyze their findings through graphing and mathematic models, investigate the impact of human activity in the general area (optional) and generate questions for further investigation of the study plots.
An inquiry activity for students to test physical properties of several compounds …
An inquiry activity for students to test physical properties of several compounds to analyze data and determine if the compound is ionic or covalent. This is ideal for an introduction to ionic and molecular compound nomenclature.
This activity is a field investigation where students will compare the biodiversity …
This activity is a field investigation where students will compare the biodiversity of two separate habitats based on the collection and identification of insects.
Students use detailed bathymetric maps to find submarine landslides and compare the …
Students use detailed bathymetric maps to find submarine landslides and compare the slope of these slides to the slope of hills near school and home. By comparing the slopes they can consider slope failure, especially during earthquakes.
This visualization activity combines student data collection with the use of an …
This visualization activity combines student data collection with the use of an applet to enhance the understanding of the distributions of mean square treatment (MST), mean square error (MSE) as well as their ratio, an F-distribution. Students will see theoretical distributions of the mean square treatment, mean square error and their ratio and how they compare to the histograms generated by the simulated data.
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