| apply | To make use of something; in this case, make use of scientific understandings.
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| artifacts | Products that illustrate what one has learned.
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| collaborate | To work with another person or group on a science topic.
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| collaboration | The act of working with another person or group to accomplish something in a science classroom.
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| concepts | An idea or basic understanding.
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| construct meaning | Create understanding.
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| creativity | Use one's imagination to develop a new idea or product.
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| curiosity | Eagerness to learn or know something in science.
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| driving questions | Problems that serve to organize and guide instructional tasks and activities.
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| goals | A benchmark that one wants to achieve.
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| guide | A person who is leading students in the right direction.
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| hypotheses | Tentative explanations for scientific phenomenon.
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| inquiry | An investigation of a scientific nature.
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| integration | The combination of science with other subject areas.
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| interdisciplinary | Connected to other fields of study.
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| interest | A topic of curiosity or concern to learn more about.
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| investigations | Inquiry into a topic using scientific skills.
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| learning technologies | Technology tools that can support students in learning.
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| less content | Fewer topics to be studied, but studied more in-depth.
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| nature of science | The historical aspects of science and idea that science is an ongoing, changing process.
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| prior experiences | Experiences students learned in life before the current topic was introduced.
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| process | A series of actions or steps.
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| project-based science | A teaching approach that engages young learners in exploring important and meaningful questions through a process of investigation and collaboration. Throughout this dynamic process, students ask questions, make predictions, design investigations, collect and analyze data, make products, and share ideas. As a result, students learn fundamental science concepts and principles that they apply to their daily lives.
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| science | The study of the physical world.
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| scientific attitudes | Attitudes of openness, curiosity, skepticism, etc.
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| subquestions | Questions that come from another, more central question.
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| theories | A body of rules and principles that apply to science; a conjecture or belief about a topic in science.
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| think critically | Be able to judge and analyze a topic.
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2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education