INQUIRE is reinvigorating inquiry-based science education
INQUIRE is reinvigorating inquiry-based science education throughout Europe. Run by botanic gardens in 11 countries, INQUIRE teacher training courses are demonstrating how IBSE can inspire students in science and help address biodiversity and climate change.
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15/05/12 | London
Club Of Rome Sees 2 Degree Celsius Rise In 40 Years
Rising carbon dioxide emissions will cause a global average temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius by 2052 and a 2.8 degree rise by 2080, as governments and markets are unlikely to do enough against climate change, the Club of Rome think tank said. Failing to tackle climate change in the first half of this century will put the world on a dangerous track to warming in the second half, even though global population should peak in 2042 at 8.1 billion and economic growth will be much slower than expected in mature economies, the Switzerland-based body said in a report on 8th May.
13/05/12 | Dublin, Ireland
INQUIRE Workshop at SMEC 2012 and ESTABLISH Teacher Conference
The 5th Science and Mathematics Education Conference, SMEC 2012, hosted in conjunction with the ESTABLISH Teacher Conference, will take place on the 7th-9th June 2012 in Dublin City University, Ireland. The conference will focus on "Teaching at the heart of learning". Partner MSU and Partner UniHB as the representatives of the INQUIRE team will conduct a workshop for ESTABLISH teachers.
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17/04/12 | Moscow
Carrots, dill, parsley and other kitchen-garden plants (testing of a computerized guide to the Umbelliferae family by INQUIRE course students)
What do these well known plants have in common, other than that man has learned how to use them and they grow in vegetable plots? We suggest discussing this question during lessons with students as part of the INQUIRE project as a way of introducing them to the diversity of Umbelliferae plants and their uses. We developed this lesson for the MSU Botanic Garden INQUIRE course in connection with the publication of a major reference book entitled “Umbelliferae of Russia” and a computerized guide containing information on all of the roughly 288 Umbelliferae species growing in Russia.
28/03/12 | Bremen, Germany
Garajonay - Can the Laurisilva preserve the Canary Island La Gomera from desertification?
It is spring, and tourists from all over the world visit the Canary island La Gomera to find recreation here after the long gray of the winter months. They expect a green landscape, palms, banana plantations, prospering almond trees and a sea of flowers. But in spring 2012 they find a brown, bare landscape suffering under the extreme desertification with only few green oases in the valleys and canyons. In some parts of the island there has been no rain for nearly one year. Only the Laurisilva in the mountainous regions of the island, the Garajonay National Park, seems to be able to cope with the extreme dryness. Can the evergreen Laurisilva protect the island from complete desertification?
23/03/12 | Moscow
US Teenager Discovers Fibonacci Secret and Constructs Solar Panel “Tree”
US teenager Aidan Dwyer has become famous in the solar energy industry and won a Young Naturalist Award from the American Museum of Natural History for his “sun tree” project. Being aware that leaves use sunlight for photosynthesis, Aidan noticed that they grow in the same sequence as the Fibonacci Numbers and used the same principle to build a “tree” out of solar panels. It transpired that this tree collects up to 50% more energy than simple flat panels. “Grown-up” scientists have now begun to study this phenomenon.
21/03/12 | Oslo
How Reasearch is Published
Evolution has been a very controversial issue ever since Darwin published his theory of evolution. When Jorn Hurum from the Natural History Museum in Oslo presented Ida as the "missing link" in a press conference in 2009, the news quickly passed around the world, and many had their say on the matter!
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I am looking forward to learning to use IBSE in the classroom. Juliet Smith, teacher of KS2, London
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Keeping a reflective journal is one method that will help you look at what you have learned on IBSE and how you can implement your new knowledge and skills into the school or outdoor classroom. Read the Suggested format for a reflective journal to find out what questions you can ask yourself to stimulate your reflective writing and how your reflective journal may look like or shouldn’t look like.
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