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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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Feb 25

Quick Inquiry Field Trip

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
February 25, 2011

A colleague of mine, Kit Pennell, gave me a great idea. I am teaching two 8th grade life science classes and I’ve been looking for opportunities to get my students to generate questions they are interested in learning about. Luckily we have a nice park within walking distance of the school and it even has …

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Dec 30

Teacher’s Students, Parent’s Children

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
December 30, 2010

Something has been bugging me and the more it bugs the more I started to think, “why does that bug me so much?” I’ve been quiet about it but it drives me crazy when teachers are talking to parents and call their children their students. When that happens I think to myself the kids are …