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Peer reviewedKelly, Janet – Science Activities, 1997
Presents a blood type puzzle that provides a visual, hands-on mechanism by which students can examine blood group reactions. Offers students an opportunity to construct their own knowledge about blood types. (JRH)
Descriptors: Biology, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Hands on Science
Peer reviewedSchlenker, Richard M.; Yoshida, Sarah J. – Science Activities, 1997
Describes the constructivist approach and how it can be implemented in a science activity on calcium carbonate, hard water, and the polyphenols extracted from boiling tea bags. (DKM)
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Constructivism (Learning)
Peer reviewedMoore, G. Robert; Moore, Peggy D. – Science Activities, 1995
Describes a constructivist approach to teaching a second-grade science unit focusing on the moon, using student observations and data collection. Lays the foundation for the evolving development of conceptual understandings of earth, moon, and sun interrelationships in other grades throughout the school. (nine references) (JRH)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Grade 2, Lunar Research, Moons
Peer reviewedFortner, Rosanne W.; Jax, Dan – Science Activities, 2003
Presents a marine education activity. Students construct a web of changes that shows potential problems caused by solid waste on beaches. They then determine whether each change is an increase or a decrease from previous conditions. (Author/SOE)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Environmental Education, Habitats, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedSchlenker, Richard M.; And Others – Science Activities, 1995
Describes the use of constructivism in teaching human anatomy. Provides directions for constructing arm-hand and leg-foot models that include extensor and flexor muscles and that are easily and cheaply constructed. Lists resources that provide ideas for using such models depending upon the curriculum implemented in a school or the course that is…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biological Sciences, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedVarrella, Gary F. – Science Activities, 1994
Advocates an approach to teaching environmentally related studies based on constructivism. Presents an activity that makes use of data on chemicals in the water supply, and discusses obtaining and using data sets in the classroom. (LZ)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Data Processing, Databases, Junior High School Students
Peer reviewedSchlenker, Richard M.; Schlenker, Karl R. – Science Activities, 1997
Details an activity in which students are challenged to consider real-world problems. Students collect and organize data on two fish species, examine the data mathematically, draw conclusions about the organisms with which they work, and extrapolate the results to other environments. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Constructivism (Learning), Fishes, Hands on Science
Peer reviewedCrocker, Betty; Garrett, Sandra; Trammell, Laura Z. – Science Activities, 1998
Focuses on an extended learning experience with worms as the main topic in which students collect and organize information and choose an experimental question. Based on the constructivist theory of learning. Contains 17 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Animals, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Strategies
