ERIC Number: ED581668
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jul-1
Pages: 254
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-1-9413-1620-7
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Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K-12
McConnell, Tom; Parker, Joyce; Eberhardt, Janet
NSTA Press
"Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K-12" offers a great new way to ignite your creativity. Authors Tom McConnell, Joyce Parker, and Janet Eberhardt show you how to engage students with scenarios that represent real-world science in all its messy, thought-provoking glory. The scenarios prompt K-12 learners to immerse themselves in analyzing problems, asking questions, posing hypotheses, finding needed information, and then constructing a proposed solution. In addition to complete lesson plans supporting the "Next Generation Science Standards", the book offers extensive examples, instructions, and tips. The lessons cover four categories: life cycles, ecology, genetics, and cellular metabolism. But "Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K-12" doesn't just explain why, how, and when to implement problem-based learning (PBL). It also provides you with what many think is the trickiest part of the approach: rich, authentic problems. The authors facilitated the National Science Foundation-funded PBL Project for Teachers and used the problems in their own science teaching, so you can be confident that the problems and the approach are teacher tested and approved.
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Biological Sciences, Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Process Skills, Skill Development, Problem Solving, Lesson Plans, Science Instruction, Ecology, Genetics, Cytology, Metabolism
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Publication Type: Books; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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