Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom K-12

Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom K-12 offers a great new way to ignite your creativity. Authors Tom McConnell Joyce Parker and Janet Eberhardt show you how to engage students with scenarios that represent real-world science in all its messy thought-provoking glory. The scenarios prompt K-12 learners to immerse themselves in analyzing problems asking questions posing hypotheses finding needed information and then constructing a proposed solution. In addition to complete lesson plans supporting the Next Generation Science Standards the book offers extensive examples instructions and tips. The lessons cover four categories: life cycles ecology genetics and cellular metabolism. But Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom K-12 doesn't just explain why how and when to implement problem-based learning (PBL). It also provides you with what many think is the trickiest part of the approach: rich authentic problems. The authors facilitated the National Science Foundation-funded PBL Project for Teachers and used the problems in their own science teaching so you can be confident that the problems and the approach are teacher tested and approved.