Ch.+11+Generating+and+Testing+Hypotheses

  Six Tasks used to help students:
 * Recommendations from //Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works// (Pitler)**
 * Make sure students can explain their hypotheses and conclusions.
 * Use a variety of structured tasks to guide students through generating and testing hypotheses.
 * 1) system analysis
 * 2) problem solve
 * 3) historical investigation
 * 4) invention
 * 5) experimental inquiry
 * 6) decision making


 * Spreadsheet Software: **
 * Microsoft Excel
 * Google Spreadsheets

**Data Collecting Tools:** > [|Teachers Connecting] [| Great Backyard Bird Count]
 * Digital Probes
 * Digital Microscopes
 * Collaborative Projects

Time Zone Experiences [|Square of LIfe] [|Projects for the Elementary Classroom] [|Global SchoolNet]


 * Web Resources:**
 * [|Smog City]
 * [|NOVA Building Big]
 * [|Plimoth Plantation]
 * [|Primary Access Historical Inquiry]
 * [|Web Invention resources]
 * [|Practicing with the Catapult]
 * [|Zoo MatchMaker]
 * [|Windward!]
 * [|Explore Learning Gizmos]

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