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for Inquiry document. Exploratorium.
(Not in reader – Class handout) or go to http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/resources/index.html
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Exploratorium Institute of Inquiry.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/resources/inquirydesc.html
see last page
Cobern, A, (1999) "How to make lab activities more open ended." CSTA
Journal, Fall , 4-6
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/resources/workshops/lab_activities.html
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CSMEE)
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309053269/html
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Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning. Committee on
the Development of an Addendum to the National Science Education Standards
on Scientific Inquiry, National Research Council
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9596.html
Inquiry: Thoughts, Views, and Strategies for the K-5
Classroom: A monograph for professionals in science, mathematics, and technology
education
Written by Institute for Inquiry Staff and Colleagues for the
FOUNDATIONS series, published by the National Science Foundation.
http://www.exploratorium.com/IFI/resources/ifibook.html
Exploratorium texts
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/activities/index.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/resources/index.html
Harlen assessment monograph as a pdf file
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/resources/classroom/inventingdensity.html
Duckworth inventing density
Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Astronomy Courses
A Selected List of Web Sites for Instructors of Introductory Astronomy Courses
http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/pira/demosite.html
Astronomy diagnostic test
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/aae/adt/
http://www.physics.umd.edu/deptinfo/facilities/lecdem/services/demos/subtopicse.htm
University of Maryland Demos
E1. GRAVITATION AND ORBITS
E2-24: UMBRA AND PENUMBRA - COLOR FILTERS
http://www.physics.umd.edu/deptinfo/facilities/lecdem/services/demos/demose2/e2-24.htm
Biology undergraduate education
http://www.hhmi.org/BeyondBio101/
Physics education research group
Univ of Washington
http://www.phys.washington.edu/groups/peg/
Physics by Inquiry
http://www.phys.washington.edu/groups/peg/pbi.html
Physics demos
http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/pira/demosite.html
Univ of Maryland Physics lecture/demo facility
http://www.physics.umd.edu/deptinfo/facilities/lecdem/
Collaborative Learning
NISE - National Institute of Science Education
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1/
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1/CL/doingcl/DCL1.asp
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1/CL/resource/R1.asp
Role-Playing and Problem-Based Exercises for TeachingUndergraduate Astronomy
http://msowww.anu.edu.au/%7Epfrancis/roleplay.html
Communities of Practice
http://www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm