Unlocking the Power of Observation.

From: Science and Children | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Karen L. Anderson, Dean M. Martin, and Ellen E. Faszewski

The dawn of a new school year is the perfect time to reflect on last year's successes while setting even higher expectations for the upcoming year. For several years, many of our new-school-year resolutions have revolved around a common theme: improving the introduction of inquiry skills to young (kindergarten through second grade) learners, particularly students with limited English-language skills. After experiencing many partial successes, we have found the following easy-to-implement workshop activities to ...

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