ESCI 4440 Assignments, Fall 2009

Calvin and Hobbes
image from The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

Assignment #1: Practical Application and Documentation of Science Process Skills: Balloon Rockets

Assignment #1, version 2: Practical Application and Documentation of Science Process Skills: Paper Towel Testing
Assignment #1, version 3: Practical Application and Documentation of Science Process Skills: Exercise and Pulse Rate
Assignment #2: Constructing Traditional Assessment Items
Assignment #3: Misconceptions, Conceptual Models, and Conceptual Change
Assignment #4: Planning, developing, and presenting short "hands-on, minds-on" activities
Assignment #5: Practical Applications of Physical science: Developing Examples around Themes
Assignment #6: "Reaction Paper": Practical vs. Theoretical; Everyday vs. Extraordinary; Aesthetic Aspects of Science