Thinking Outside the Box: Using a Black Box Activity to Kick Off the School Year

Authors

Amanda Weeks, Waukee High School
Stephanie Schemmel, Dallas Center - Grimes High School

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article discusses our approach to the first days of school. Students' first experiences in our classroom set the tone for the rest of the year. We start out the year with a black-box activity to engage students and begin helping our students understand the nature of science. This activity promotes National Science Education Standards G and Iowa Teaching Standards 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8.

Publication Date

Winter 2012

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

39

Issue

1

First Page

18

Last Page

21

Copyright

© Copyright 2012 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Weeks, Amanda and Schemmel, Stephanie (2012) "Thinking Outside the Box: Using a Black Box Activity to Kick Off the School Year," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 39: No. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol39/iss1/6