From: Science Education [mailto:scienceeducation@aaas.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:50 PM
Subject: Announcing the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction
Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction
Have you ever actively participated in a science or engineering lab that left a lasting impact on you? Have you ever taught an interactive science or engineering lab and watched as students lit up with understanding? Science would like to recognize efforts such as these with the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction, which has been established to encourage innovation and excellence in education by recognizing outstanding, inquiry-based science and engineering education modules. The prize is open to any module where students become invested in exploring questions through activities that are at least partially of their own design. Rather than a typical laboratory exercise that begins with an explanation and results in one correct answer, an inquiry-based lesson might begin with a scenario or question and then require students to propose possible solutions and design some of their own experiments.
Winners will be selected by the editors of Science with the assistance of a judging panel composed of teachers and researchers in the relevant science and engineering fields. Individuals responsible for the development of the winning resources will be invited to write a short essay that describes the resource for publication in Science in 2013. We encourage all members of the scientific community to explore their classrooms, departments, colleges, and universities for nominations in order for theScience Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction to truly represent the best in science education.
Please contact Dr. Melissa McCartney at mmccartn@aaas.org with any questions.
Please feel free to share this announcement with your colleagues.
Melissa McCartney, Ph.D (t)202-326-6545
Pamela J. Hines, Ph.D. (t)202-326-6509
SCIENCE: www.sciencemag.org
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Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Physics
Co-Director
Northern Indiana Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Collaborative
574-276-8294
inquirybellina@comcast.net