Inquiry in Action has loads of inquiry-based science resources
February 16, 2010
When I was a small child growing up, one of my all-time-favorite phrases was a single word, “why?”. I had to know how things worked, why things interacted the way they did, to the point of driving my teachers and parents crazy. So when I saw Inquiry in Action, I had to write it up because I wish it had been around when I was a kid.
Inquiry in Action is a compilation of lesson plans, activities, and labs all focusing on an inquiry-based approach to learning chemistry and physical science concepts. The organization of content and layout are great, there are very good multimedia elements, and students get to explore and learn at the same time. You can view the classroom activities, their general ways to review chemistry concepts, or you can just download ALL of their content in one whopping 8 MB PDF (you might be better off right-clicking that link and hitting “save target as” or “save link as” rather than loading it in your browser).
It’s easy to take sections of the content from this website and kind of use it as an a la carte resource that can augment and enrich your already-existing science lessons.
Related stuff:
Ready-made interactive science adventures with NOAA Research
