A More Challenging Mystery Tube for Teaching the Nature of Science

Autor/in	Briggs, Michael
Titel	A More Challenging Mystery Tube for Teaching the Nature of Science
Quelle	In: Physics Teacher, 57 (2019) 5, S.300-304 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-921X
DOI	10.1119/1.5098917
Schlagwörter	Physics; Science Instruction; Scientific Principles; Teaching Methods; Science Teachers; Science Activities; High School Students; College Students; Engineering Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Collegestudent; Ingenieurausbildung
Abstract	The mystery tube is a fairly well known activity among science teachers for illustrating the nature of science. A variety of procedures have been presented for carrying out this activity, such as Scott Miller's method based on the BCSE 5E Instructional Model. Mystery tubes and other "black box" activities allow the students to engage in the scientific process without requiring any specific knowledge ahead of time. The traditional mystery tubes are designed simply enough that it is a viable activity even for elementary and middle school age children. That simplicity though means that high school and especially college science and engineering students might figure out too quickly how to replicate the behavior, and become more confident than we want them to be in their model. In this paper, I present a new version of the mystery tube that is complex enough to give strong high school and college science and engineering students a reasonable challenge, so they can better experience the ongoing process of science and the inherent uncertainty. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01