A Wave of Interest

Autor/in	Wright, Ron
Titel	A Wave of Interest
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 49 (2011) 1, S.48-52 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Current Events; Foreign Countries; Grade 1; Inquiry; Science Instruction; Science Education; Models; Weather; Seismology; Teaching Methods; Critical Thinking; Elementary Education; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktualität; Ausland; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Analogiemodell; Wetter; Seismologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kritisches Denken; Elementarunterricht
Abstract	Where the author teaches is far from the ocean, bordered on one side by forests of ponderosa and by the High Desert on the other. So when his first graders walked into class on the Monday morning after the 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami along the coast of Japan--and their usual light conversations about the weekend included some sobering statements about the destruction they had seen on television--he knew he had an opportunity to broaden their horizons. The author sensed an opportunity to use their genuine curiosity about this real-world situation to generate science inquiry. The author uses current events and models to generate inquiry. He uses recycled materials to build a tsunami model. (Contains 2 online resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10