Professional Documents
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2.
Discuss results (5-10 min)
Collaborative then Creative
-How did working in a group help you to find an answer?
-How were you being creative in solving the puzzle?
I have a new piece to give you, but first, lets talk about it
- discuss how thinking will change when I give them new piece
-how will this change your thinking?
-what are you wondering about this now?
3.
a.
Curiosity
4.
Time to work
(5-10 min)
Evidence/ Reasoning
-How did the new piece of evidence change your thinking?
-To what extent do you think its like what real scientists have to deal with?
5.
Motivate/ Push small groups
Whole-group bias & frustration
-why do you think your peers might not accept your shape?
-what else could you do (to change your shape)?
6.
Join with another group
(5 minutes)
Cultural, Revisions & Models
Now Im going to have you combine groups, so why dont we split into two groups of
three? Or you guys can keep working over here and then well rotate and switch?
Have each partner group share their final product and explain how they got there.
-How did working with new peers or a new group influence your ideas and choices?
-how did that affect your overall result?
7.
Discuss/share results
(10-15 minutes)
Questions:
How can we relate this to plate tectonics?
Why do you think I waited to give you the new piece until after the first puzzle
was solved?
To what extent do you think this is like what real scientists do?
Because Alfreds ideas were challenged, another scientist, Harry, played a key role in
determining how oceanic mountain ranges were fundamental to the tectonic movement
that resulted in the drift of the continents. During World War II, efforts to map the ocean
floor intensified because of the new U.S. Office of Naval Research. Harry was intrigued
by the new information about the ocean floor, so he started asking questions, especially
the question, why do continents move? Harry supported Alfreds theory of continental
drift and explained how the once-joined continents became the seven that we know
today.
How/Why did the scientists ideas change from the beginning to the end? (trying
to get to something about revision or tentative and how science ideas change
over time)
How were the scientists creative when exploring how the Earth was formed?
How did the new evidence change/influence the scientists past ideas?