Glencoe presents: Glencoe Science

• It’s All About Labs

Presenter: DJ West
National science Consultant
Inquiry Based
McGraw Hill Education
dj_west@mcgraw--hill.com
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CSI: Glencoe Guidelines for Using CSI Labs

C – Concept Driven • Always Focus Lab Activities around the Big

Ideas and Key Concepts you are teaching.
Avoid using a lab because it is cool! Make
S – Simple to Find sure it has teaching value.

Materials • Teach and MODEL scientific process

skill as you are using investigations.
I – Involving Individual
Students • Use a mix of long term and short term
investigations. This develops process and
critical thinking skills.

Guidelines for Using Simple Labs Guidelines for Using Simple Labs

• Use a variety of guided and open ended
inquiry activities. This also develops
critical thinking and process skills.
• Level your lab worksheets so all of your
students (even inclusion students) can
participate and gain value.
• Make your handouts as accurate and as
simple as possible.
• Check to be sure you have all the materials
you need
• If everything doesn’t go as planned, relax.
That’s science and students can
investigate why it happened the way it did.
• Teach your students to WRITE IT UP!

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 (Several Class Periods)
Long Term
Labs and Activities in McDougal Webquests and
Unit Projects
Guidelines for Using Simple Labs Littell MS Science

Chapter Investigation Design Your Own

(Leveled) throughout Unit

•HAVE FUN! Virtual Labs

in each Unit

Mini-Labs
Skills Labs in

Short Term
each Chapter

(10 Minutes)
Launch Labs
Section Introductory Alternative Lab Manuals
Activities

Guided Open Inquiry

Unit Projects

Every unit/module begins

with three or four unit
opening projects. These
anchor activities are long
term / open ended.

Chapter Opening Chapter Opener Launch Lab

Launch Lab!
Each Chapter has three
explore activities to involve
students in the BIG IDEA!
These are short term / open
ended activities

p. 280-281

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Section Mini-
Mini-Labs

Each chapter has 2 to 3

mini--labs with data
mini
sheets. These are short
term / open ended
activities <285
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2-3 Mini Labs per Chapter

p. 299
Chapter Labs

There are 2 chapter labs for A Variety of Chapter

each chapter. One is Labs:
traditional and the other is Investigation
non--traditional. These guided
non Design Your Own
investigations use a data Model and Invent
sheet and focus on specific Internet
process skills and have
leveled data sheets.

p. 300 p. 180

A Variety of Chapter A Variety of Chapter Labs:

Labs: Investigation
Investigation Design Your Own
Design Your Own Model and Invent
Model and Invent Internet
Internet

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6-8 Minute Lab

Demos Showing:
A Variety of Chapter Labs:
Investigation
 alternate materials
Design Your Own  safety
Model and Invent  step-by-step
procedures
Internet  expected outcomes

p. 285

One Virtual Lab for every chapter

p. 286 Engaging Students through Inquiry

p. 296
LabManager
LabManager™™
Additional TWE
Choices! • Choose from a huge
database of labs
• Search by topic, time,
p. 283 material, and key
p. 300 Middle
word School

• Edit any lab

• Create a new lab
• Share labs with
others

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 Labs:
An Integral Part Of The Lesson
Inquiry Strategies
Labs, Labs, Labs • Labs are not separate from the lesson.
– Launch Labs • Incorporate labs at the point of
– Mini Labs
learning.
– Full Labs
– Data Analysis • Use labs constantly.
– Virtual Labs • Analyze the data.
– Stations
• Incorporate the data and conclusions of
– Lab Practicals
the labs into the subsequent learning
• Have students design their own
experiments

Follow--up on Labs
Follow EXAMPLE
• Check for 1. Analyze your data by constructing a graph.
understanding on (What is the best way to graph your data?)
the lab. 2. What are some possible sources of
unavoidable error in your design?
• Give a lab quiz. Let 3. Why were they present?
students use their 4. How did your manipulation of the
lab papers. independent variable affect the results?
5. Connect the concepts and results to at
• Ask top-
top-down least two things in your daily life and
questions. explain the connection.

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