Days of Our Spineless Lives: A Never Ending Saga

Authors

Lori Ihrig, Williamsburg Senior High SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This activity is an interdisciplinary method for engaging students in biological investigations through working with living aquatic invertebrates. The learning cycle begins with students conducting fieldwork to collect aquatic invertebrates. Students then think and propose ideas to create an observation record that they can use to study their organisms in the classroom. Finally, through the use of well-phrased questions along with wait-time, positive nonverbal responses, and non-judgmental responses, the teacher is an ally working with students in inquiry to generate the requirements of a final project. This article promotes National Science Education Content Standards, A, C, and F, and Iowa Teaching Standards 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Publication Date

Fall 2005

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

33

Issue

3

First Page

23

Last Page

28

Copyright

© Copyright 2005 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Ihrig, Lori (2005) "Days of Our Spineless Lives: A Never Ending Saga," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 32: No. 3, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol32/iss3/7