| Title | Bio. Problem Solving Experiments |
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| Audience | Grades 7-12, All levels. |
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| Abstract | Listed below are experimental research ideas that I have compiled from a variety of sources for a problem solving project that I require for all students-applied and college prep. Students identify a problem of their choosing and work toward solving it using their science process skills. Students are graded on their skill performance using a rubric that I developed for this project. This the first experience these students have had in our K-12 school system to do individual experimental research.
Many ideas on the list are ones researched by my students in past years using organisms from the five kingdoms. Others are ones I have compiled from a variety of resource books. Some have come from me going through old biology manuals and revising the "canned" lab into a problem solving experiment. Please e-mail me if I can be of more help or can answer questions-- |
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| Author | Judy Williams |
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| Email | AEJWilliam@aol.com |
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| Unifying Concept | Evidence, models, and explanation |
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| Science and Technology | Abilities of technological design |
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| Science as Inquiry | Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry |
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| History and Nature of Science | Nature of scientific knowledge |
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| Science in Personal and Social Perspectives | Personal and community health, Environmental quality, Natural and human induced hazards |
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| Life, Physical, Earth Sciences | Interdependence of organisms, Behavior of organisms, Structure and function in living systems, Reproduction and heredity, Diversity and adaptations of organisms |
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| Other Standards | Science Teaching, Assessment |
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AEJWilliam@aol.com
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