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Article Title
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This article discusses modifying a specific activity so that it promotes scientific inquiry, cooperative learning, accurate and explicit nature of science understanding, and appropriate assessment. It features a brief description of the original "cookbook" activity and a subsequent adaptation to create an inquiry-based lesson. The activity uses ordinary pennies to teach fundamental concepts such as density and indirect measurements. Extension activities for chemistry students could feature chemical reactions and metal activities. This article promotes National Science Education Content Standards A, B, and G, and Iowa Teaching Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.
Publication Date
Fall 2005
Journal Title
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Volume
32
Issue
3
First Page
13
Last Page
18
Copyright
© Copyright 2005 by the Iowa Academy of Science
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bergman, Daniel
(2005)
"A Penny Saved is a Penny Learned!,"
Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 32:
No.
3, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol32/iss3/5