PLANNING ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

摘要

At Tecumseh Middle School in Indiana the technology education teachers are part of a team consisting of language arts, math, social studies, and science. Teachers work together on items of common interest and student needs. There is a scheduled period each day for instructors to meet to develop plans and activities to help students become more productive. Science teacher Doug Mauser wanted to develop an activity that would provide the students with hands-on, inquiry-based learning. He studied the Indiana State Science Standards and determined that the area least covered was physical science, specifically forces and motion. He remembered producing a Pinewood Derby Car when he was younger, and really liked its possibilities. He purchased two of the kits and started looking for grants to purchase kits for the students.