Classroom
support for implementing inquiry-based science learning
Ongoing support
to help teachers excite students about science. Inquiry-based learning
is a great way to get students interested in science, involve them in critical
thinking and problem solving, and actively engage them in scientific inquiry.
BOOST offers ongoing support to fifth and sixth grade science teachers in our
four target schools to help raise your comfort level for implementing inquiry-based
learning in your classroom - and to excite and engage students in the wonders
of science. BOOST classroom support activities include: - Science
Summit is a quarterly series designed to give hands-on training in methods
of inquiry-based learning and other innovative approaches to science education
and curricular enhancement.
- BOOST Science Coaches - Duke medical
students, graduate students in the biomedical sciences, and MD/PhD students -
will visit to your classroom monthly to make "cool science" presentations
in their areas of research expertise, assist with hands-on activities and experiential
science labs, and lead inquiry-based learning for a particular science problem
or question. The BOOST Teacher and Parent Coordinator will discuss these visits
you to ensure that they support and/or enhance the existing science curriculum.
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