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From: Fred Stein (fred@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 21 2000 - 13:58:23 PDT 

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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 13:58:23 -0700
From: Fred Stein <fred@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: new inquiry resources

Hi all,

Here are some new exciting new inquiry resources. Please let me know if you
have any difficulties getting these materials.

Best,

Fred Stein
Science Educator
Exploratorium INstitute for Inquiry
(415) 561-0332
fred@exploratorium.edu

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Connect Magazine
March/April 2000 Vol. 13 No. 4
available from Synergy Learning (800) 769-6199
This whole issue is devoted to inquiry in the classrooom. Edited by Doris
Ash, Marilyn Ausin and Cappy Greene, it includes 6 brief articles by
teachers in the Institute for Inquiry Teacher Learning Group who describe
teaching inquiry in their classrooms. Topics include:
Inquiry in Kindergarten - Joanna Villavicencio
Facilitating Inquiry: Investigations by First Graders - Jane Bresnick
The Power of Questioning - Wendy Cheong
Observation as a Springboard - Betty Mott
Stewards of a Vernal Pool - Beth Kraft
Inquiry in the Middle School: Content Learning - Julia Marrero

This issue will be posted soon on the IFI web page. The actual issue is
quite beautiful so having at least one original might be preferable.
Connect Magazine is a wonderful resource for educators interested in
promoting inquiry teaching and learning.

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Just out!!

National Science Education Standards Inquiry Addenedum:

Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching
and Learning
Steve Olson and Susan Loucks-Horsley, Editors; Committee on the Development
of an Addendum to the National Science Education Standards on Scientific
Inquiry, National Research Council
available from NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS (800) 624-6242 FOR $21.95
or for %20 off through their website at http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9596.html

Lynn Rankin served on the Committee that developed this resource.

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Just out!!

AAAS Benchmarks Inquiry Addendum:

Inquiry into Inquiry Learning and Teaching in Science
Edited by Jim Minstrell and Emily H. van Zee
available from AAAS (800) 222-7809 for $36.00

Doris Ash and Christine Klein (from the St. Louis Science Center)
contributed a chapter on Inquiry in the Informal Learning Environment

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Just out!!

Wynne Harlen's new assessment book

Teaching, Learning and Assessing Science 5 - 12 (this means ages 5-12)
Third Edition
Wynne Harlen
Published By: A Paul Chapman Publishing title
Sage Publication Co.
Pages: 272

Cloth (1853964484) March 2000 £ 47.50
Paper (1853964492) March 2000 £ 15.99

So far, this needs to be ordered from Great Britain at:

Sage Pubs
6 Bonhill St.
London, EC2A4PU
Great Britain
44-0-171-374-0645

Soon, it will be available from:

Sage Publications
Thousand Oaks, CA
888-724-3220

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showing next week:

Episode 8 of the Looking at Learning Again II series produced by Annenberg CPB
on Assessment with Wynne Harlen. Includes footage shot during the IFI
Formative Assessment Graduate Seminar and in San Francisco Unified School
Teacher Denise Ebisuzaki's classroom.

This airs April 25, 27, and 28 at 5:00, 6:00, and 7:00 PM
For those who are already subscribed with Annenberg, you're all set.
For first time Annenberg viewers, follow the directions at:
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/lala2/info.html

Hopefully, this will air again soon. Tapes of the series are available for
purchase.

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