Chapter 6: If Students RIP® into Termite Nature, Then They Will Build Science Understanding Because Inquiry Leads to Knowledge
A community pest launches a secondary class into multiple investigations with a focus on constructing the hypothesis, one of the most important and probably the most challenging elements of scientific inquiry that requires students to think deeply, logically, and creatively. They become expert contributing citizens, teaching peers, teachers and community organizations about the damaging effects of termites on property.
"Partnering with a resource-rich community organization and the transformation of the classroom into a laboratory led my students beyond scientific knowledge into an understanding of their own deeper value as citizens of their community as they tested their hypotheses."
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View video featuring Chapter 4 author Wendy Gonsalves’s third grade students reflecting on their use of the RIP® to learn science and other standards-based content.
