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Feb 09

Inquiry in Science

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Science
February 9, 2014

In response to my questions on the Inquiry Dry Spell post I wrote Edna (@whatedsaid) posed some questions to get me thinking about inquiry in my Science classes. She wrote the following on her post, Response to the dry spell… Inquiry encourages students to be actively involved in and to take responsibility for their own …

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Feb 09

Adding Inquiry

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Science
February 9, 2014

I use Carolina’s STC/MS Energy, Machines, and Motion kit (EMM) with my 6th graders. The lessons in this kit are well structured to take advantage of how people learn by making sure every lesson starts by eliciting prior knowledge of students with questions that students investigate through different labs. The procedures are laid out, step …

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Aug 20

Class Syllabi and Intro Letters

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Class News
August 20, 2010

I finally have some rough drafts done after much toiling and procrastinating for days. Iâ€™ll need to read over them again and make changes but at least Iâ€™ve got something to start with. The reason I’m toiling and stressing is because there is so much I want parents and students to know. I want to …