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Re: [Phys-l] Pilot 9th grade physics with inquiry




On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:48:06 -0400 "Dan Crowe"
<Dan.Crowe@Loudoun.K12.VA.US> writes:
" ...... Our 10th graders also take an introduction to research course
that includes
several biology projects.

*** But isn't it true that "Good" biology projects are very much more
difficult
to do, and control, than good physics projects?

Herb



Daniel Crowe Loudoun Academy of Science
dan.crowe@loudoun.k12.va.us larry.woolf@ga.com 04/15/07 >
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From: R. McDermott
Sent: Sun 4/15/2007 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Pilot 9th grade physics with inquiry
Perhaps the better answer to this whole sequence question is that
we
should have an integrated science curriculum rather than all
physics,
all chemistry, all biology in subsequent years. Why not teach 9th
graders the elements of each science at the time when it is most
relevant and then build on those sciences in subsequent years as
their
math backgrounds develop?
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These comments are similar to those from AAAS Project 2061:
"Perhaps the ideal schedule would stretch all science subjects out
over
time, with ideas sequenced in a way that would allow them to be
taught
when they are needed and learnable, without regard to discipline,
but
with the disciplines supporting each other" (AAAS, 2001)."
For a detailed discussion of this topic and the history of the
sequencing of high school science topics and integrated science,
see:
<http://www.bscs.org/library/CapstoneCh1.pdf>

Larry Woolf
General Atomics


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