Simple Machines in the Community

Autor/inn/en	Bryan, Robert; Laroder, Aris; Tippins, Deborah; Emaz, Meliza; Fox, Ryan
Titel	Simple Machines in the Community
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 45 (2008) 7, S.38-42 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Mathematics Skills; Relevance (Education); Grade 5; Grade 6; Scientific Concepts; Culturally Relevant Education; Science Experiments; Hands on Science; Foreign Countries; Inquiry; Elementary School Science; Photography; Rural Areas; Physical Sciences; Philippines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Relevance; Relevanz; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Ausland; Fotografie; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Natural sciences; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Philippinen
Abstract	The community can be a powerful context and mini-laboratory for cultivating students' common understandings of science and mathematics. On the island of Panay in the Philippines, the community was the starting place for a group of fifth- and sixth-grade students to explore simple machines in their daily lives. What students learned in the process became the basis for developing the set of culturally relevant lessons on simple machines described in this article. Each of the examples that follow features a simple machine found in the community, an explanation of how it works, a guiding-inquiry question, and a follow-up activity designed to foster students' exploration of this question. (Contains 2 figures.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10