Learning Exercise

Constructivist Unit Plan and MERLOT Assignment

As a follow-up to the The Impact of Technology on the 21st Century Classroom chapter in the book Teaching Science in the 21st Century, the assignment is for students in a Secondary Science Methods class to develop the paradigm, Learning With Technology, whilst developing a constructivist unit plan which is to be taught in a high school classroom.

Course: Secondary Science Methods

Material:: Learning Science Through Inquiry
Date last modified:: July 28, 2006
Created by:: Valerie Olness
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Learning Science Through Inquiry

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Author:: Annenberg/CPB with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Exercise

Disciplines

Education / TeacherEd / Classroom Management
Education / TeacherEd / Student Assessment
Education / TeacherEd / Teaching Methods / Science

Audience

College Upper Division

Technical Notes

Students were given the MERLOT homepage website and left to explore the categories as their framework emerged.

Requirements

Understanding of the constructivist epistemology and how it relates to a 5E unit plan format.

Type of Task

Learning Objectives

* to construct a constructivist/inquiry unit plan
to use technology in the unit plan to engage high-school students with real-world problem-solving, conceptual development, and critical thinking