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Web-based learning centers engage students by using interactive internet resources aligned with inquiry-based hands-on classroom activities to learn science concepts.

Teaching strategies of guided and student initiated inquiry are the basis of learning science when conducting scientific investigations.

Teaching strategies of guided and student initiated inquiry are the basis of learning science when conducting scientific investigations.

Stimulating critical thinking using technology has the potential to create more in depth understanding of science and math content by students when engaged in learning activities which integrate in-class and on-line technology resources. Technology tools support stimulation of both inquiry-based and critical thinking skills by engaging students in exploring, thinking, reading, writing, researching, inventing, problem-solving, and experiencing the world outside their classroom. This is accomplished through learning content through the lens of video to multimedia to the internet (Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement, NCREL, 2005).

The only way to truly understand the properties of matter and changes which occur in the properties of matter is to conduct and inquiry-based investigation.

Students' interest in learning science is sometimes based on inquiry into facts that others do not know or learning facts they have no prior knowledge or experiences.

Students develop a better understanding of types of energy and energy transformations in this three part inquiry-based investigation of the potential energy of potatoes.

A hands-on approach designed to provide help students develop a better understanding of friction in both solid surfaces and fluids & which fluids include liquid and gas.

This is a hands-on, minds-on approach to provide students with a concrete model of the earth's atmosphere to visualize the gases which comprise the air they breath.

Daily summary of the stories, articles, and resources for teaching K-12 science and math.

One way to peak the interest of your students is to conduct an experiment using objects of things that they encounter often or even on a daily basis.