Chapter 11: Cigarette Smokers Conclude "Not in My Body!"

A rich and rigorous journey is shared by a high school teacher whose special needs students engaged in scientific practices to stretch their thinking. They realized their true potential to succeed in learning even when challenged with the most difficult content.

Though we cannot always assess the impact of the learning in the classroom that leads into the students’ real-life situations, this transfer of application is the ultimate goal and reward for students and teachers—the end achieved in these four scientific inquiries.

"Much to my pleasure, several of my high school students have even decided to make science a career choice. One young lady accepted into the STEM program at a local community college declared, 'The RIP science class made me want to work in the field of science.' There was an additional human reward resulting from the inquiry experience: two young ladies in the group quit smoking and a third student cut back on her cigarette consumption!"