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Curriculum
Resources for Inquiry-Based Learning
These
projects were developed by graduate and undergraduate students
at Cornell University, collaborating with middle and high school
teachers through the National Science Foundation's GK-12 Fellowship
Program. We welcome feedback
about your experiences using these ideas.
Resources
for High School Science Projects
Biology
Chemistry
Earth Science
Environmental Science
Physics
Nature of Science
Social Science
Resources
for Middle School Science Projects
Resources
for High School Science Projects
Biology
- Evaluating
the Strength of Scientific Evidence: The Rediscovery of the
Ivory-billed Woodpecker, by Mya Thompson (2006)
- Floating
Hydroponics: Student Experiments Growing Plants without Soil,
by Melissa Brechner (2006)
- The
Wrath of the Rotting Root: Student Investigations into the Microbiology
of Decay, by Jenna Mendell (2006)
- Teaching
Controversial Issues: Using Debates and Mock-Meetings in High
School Science Classes, by Russ Dudley
and Mindi Schneider (2006) (Including materials
for conducting a town hall meeting to debate genetic engineering
of food crops)
- Integrating
Molecular Biology and Tools of Bioinformatics, by Brendan
Kelley and Irka Elsevier (2006) (Also published as an ActionBioScience.org lesson.)
- Garden
Genetics: Teaching with Edible Plants, by Ellie Rice (book
published in 2006 by the National Science Teachers Association)
- Natural
Selection and Adaptive Behavior in Goldfish, by Troy Murphy
(2005)
- Disease
Detectives, by Dana Hawley (2005)
- Edible
GMOs? A Social Science Investigation of Genetically Modified
Corn Chips, by Rachel A. Schwartz (2005)
- Are
You Stronger than an Insect?, by Kathryn Gardner (2005)
- Natural
Selection and Variation in Birds, by Dan Ardia (2004)
- The
Wonderful World of Isopods, by Shannon Olsson (2004)
- Breaking
into the Seed Bank! Investigations into plant adaptations, biodiversity,
and ecosystem stability, by Lynn Vaccaro (2003)
- Seed
Respiration: What makes a seed breathe faster?, by Lynn
Vaccaro (2003)
- Starch
Production Through Photosynthesis, by Kathleen Moran (2003)
- Becoming
an Ecologist: Investigation into the Life Cycle of the 17-Year
Cicada, by Kathleen Moran (2003)
- Cellular
Respiration Experiments, by Jenn
Dearolf (2002)
- Introduction
to Organelles,
by Jenn Dearolf (2002)
- Food
and Environment, by Rainer Assé
(2002)
- Soil
Science,
by Angie Rivenshield (2002)
- Allelopathy,
by Angie Rivenshield (2002)
- Fast
Plants, Genetics, and Scientific Inquiry, by Rebecca Smyth
(2002)
- Fish
and Zooplankton Habitat Through Remote Sensing, by Dave
Warner (2002)
- Plant
Responses to the Environment, by Nicole Markelz (2003)
Chemistry
Earth
Science
- How
are Stars like People?, by David Rothstein (2006)
-
Exploration of Runoff and Infiltration: Student Experiments
with a Homemade Rainmaker,
by Bianca Moebius and Irka Elsevier (2006)
- Is
the Coast Really Toast? A Lesson about Volcanoes, Phase Changes,
and the Art of Estimation, by Julie Pett-Ridge (2005)
- Lake
Strata and Internal Waves, by Evan Variano (2005)
- A
Study in Latent Heat: How "Hungry" is a Hurricane,
by Stephen Jessup (2004)
- Ozone
and Weather, by Stephen Jessup (2004)
- Water
Quality and Watersheds: A GIS Investigation, by Tania Siemens
(2004)
- Series
of 4 Experiments on Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition,
by Molly Moffe (2003)
- Climate
Change and Weather,
by Ty Atkins (2002)
- Soil
Science, by Angie Rivenshield (2002)
Environmental
Science
-
Exploration of Runoff and Infiltration: Student Experiments
with a Homemade Rainmaker,
by Bianca Moebius and Irka Elsevier (2006)
- Lake
Strata and Internal Waves, by Evan Variano (2005)
- Bioremediation
of Nitrate in Groundwater, by Deborah Sills (2004)
- Water
Quality and Watersheds: A GIS Investigation, by Tania Siemens
(2004)
- Ozone
and Weather, by Stephen Jessup (2004)
- The
Role of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in Protecting Biodiversity,
by Jamie Skillen (2003)
- Aquaponics:
Exploring
Nitrogen Cycling in a Closed System, by Sean Mullen (2003)
- Ecological
Impacts of High Deer Densities, by Tania Schusler (2003)
(Published on the Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology
website by the Ecological Society of America)
- Urban
Heat Islands: An Introduction to Energy Transfer and Transformation,
by Katherine Porter (2003)
- Food
and Environment,
by Rainer Assé
(2002)
- Lead
Contamination and Remediation in Soils, by Anna Jensen (2002)
- Climate
Change and Weather, by Ty Atkins (2002)
- Human
Population vs. Consumption, by Brooke Zanetell (2002)
Physics
Nature
of Science
Social
Science
Resources
for Middle School Science Projects
- Gingerbread House Design Competition, by Melissa Brechner (2006)
- Three
Physical Science Activities, by Thomas Oberst (2005):
- Four Important
Properties of Waves
- Two States of
Matter They Didn’t Teach You About in School (Until
Now)
- Simple Machines:
Levers and Inclined Planes
- Natural
Selection and Adaptive Behavior in Goldfish, by Troy Murphy
(2005)
- The
Wonderful World of Isopods, by Shannon Olsson (2004)
- The
Fabulous Life of Protists, by Shannon Olsson (2004)
- The
Cell Story: Acting Out the Functions of Organelles, by Shannon
Olsson (2004)
- Simple
Machines, by Anna Spaulding, formerly Anna Jensen (2003)
- Four
Physical Science Labs, by Veronica Davis (2003):
- Zoooooooom!
How fast is fast? (Velocity and Speed)
- Drag
Racing (Acceleration)
- May
the Force Be with You (Newton's 1st and 2nd Laws)
- Friction
- Planarian
Lab, by Veronica Davis and Heather Shelp (2003)
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This
material was developed through the Cornell Science Inquiry
Partnership program, with support from the National Science
Foundation’s Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education
(GK-12) program (DGE # 0231913 and # 9979516) and Cornell
University. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations
expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and
do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. |
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