This article discusses the challenge of planning inquiry-oriented science units while simultaneously integrating with principles of differentiated teaching. Ideas for culminating performance tasks, learning stations/activity centres, experiments, and connections for cross-curricular and integrated learning are presented.
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TESTING SOIL QUALITY (SVN3E)
Categories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
In this lab, students will test two different soil samples, one from a natural environment and the other from a location impacted by humans, for their water-holding capacity, organic matter content,... read more
Teacher Demo/Student Activity: Red Cabbage Indicator
Categories: Lab/Student Activity, Teacher Demonstration
This demonstration illustrates the presence and importance of chemistry in everyday objects, including our food. It is an interesting way to start the discussion of acids and bases or to connect... read more
Diversity of living things - Taxonomy and classification
Categories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan
Written by Dave Shillingford, Don Galbraith Award Winner 2019-20, Nipissing University While the unit diversity of living things in the grade 11 curriculum can be a very interesting topic full of... read more