Living by Chemistry: Inquiry Based Modules for High School

9730634以化学谋生是一门单元高中课程，旨在通过在有意义的背景下嵌入探究式化学的概念，促进教师实践的变化和提高学生的科学素养。这六个模块聚焦于一个生活主题，分别是诊断疾病、味觉、酶反应、呼吸、血液化学和来自食物的能量。前两个模块专注于原子之间的键；接下来的三个模块专注于原子的排列在转换中如何变化；最后一个模块专注于使用能量概念来预测化学和物理变化。多学科背景可以吸引不同类型的学生。核心内容涉及国家科学教育标准和2061项目基准。科学过程强调以科学的方式学习科学。学生提出问题，提出初步想法，收集数据，提炼想法。最初，讲师为科学家的思维过程建模，并指导为科学本质建模的调查。在后面的单元中，学生提出自己的问题，设计实验来回答这些问题，并监测他们自己的理解。评估包括概念理解、模型生成和改进以及实验设计。教师参与了教材的开发和测试。传播是通过商业出版物。产品包括光盘和打印材料。

9730634 Stacy Living by Chemistry is a modular high school course to promote change in teacher practice and increase in student science literacy by embedding the concepts of inquiry-based chemistry in meaningful contexts. The six modules, focusing on a life theme, are diagnosing disease, the sense of taste, enzyme reactions, breathing, blood chemistry, and energy from food. The first two modules focus on bonds between atoms; the next three modules focus on how arrangements of atoms change in transformations; the last module focuses on using energy concepts to predict chemical and physical changes. The multidisciplinary context can engage a diverse set of students. The core content addresses the National Science Education Standards and the Project 2061 Benchmarks. The science processes emphasize learning science the way science is done. Students ask questions, provide initial ideas, gather data and refine the ideas. Initially, the instructor models the thought processes of scientists and guides the investigations that model the nature of science. In later modules, students ask their own questions, design experiments to answer them and monitor their own understanding. The assessment measures conceptual understanding, model generation and refinement, and experimental design. Teachers are involved in the development and testing of the materials. Dissemination is by commercial publication. Products include a CDROM and print materials.