mr.science

A page for the STEPWISER group

[] This website is a social/environmental activist - explore the Gyre page especially about plastics. Show the students these images! They will love it.

=Promoting Student-led Inquiry-based Actions on STSE Issues= 
 * Model Inquiry-based STSE Actions**
 * Introduce students to various STSE issues and corresponding actions, some of which they may have experienced prior to the course;

 **G****uide a Small-scale Inquiry-based Activism Project**
 * Show students a more detailed example of actions people have taken to address a certain STSE issue, pointing out primary and secondary research necessary for developing the actions;
 * If necessary, provide students with a ‘skills apprenticeship’ (e.g., for questioning, experiment and correlational study design, graphing, reporting, debating, activism, etc.);

 **F****acilitate Student-led Inquiry-based Activism Projects**
 * Guide students through a small-scale inquiry-based STSE action project;
 * Facilitate students’ //self-directed// inquiry-based STSE action projects, addressing issues of students’ choices and occurring over a large proportion of a unit of study — perhaps ending in a detailed defense of their actions.