Telephone Poles, Pencils and Inquiry.

Leyden, Michael B.

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ERIC Number: EJ109951

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Publication Date: 1975

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Telephone Poles, Pencils and Inquiry

Leyden, Michael B.

Science Activities, 12, 1, 26-30, Jan/Feb 75

Describes an open-ended project designed to have preservice elementary teachers regard science as inquiry. The problem deals with how many pencils could be made from the wood in a telephone pole. Several methods of solving the problem are described. (BR)

Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Inquiry, Instruction, Methods Courses, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Activities, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Student Research, Teacher Education

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