PROGRAM FEATURES
Students engage with all eight science and engineering practices, becoming more proficient in learning when and how to use the practices. Lessons engage students in practices where they:
- investigate
- make sense of phenomena and problems
- construct and critique models
- develop explanations and arguments
The three units are designed to support students in becoming more sophisticated in their use of practices over the school year. Design challenges help students integrate knowledge across units; over time, students are expected to take more and more responsibility in problem solving within them.
There are multiple assessments embedded in the materials that can be used for formative and summative purposes. These include exit tickets with multiple-choice questions that assess both student experience and understanding, student models of phenomena, and 3D transfer tasks in which students apply what they have learned to a new phenomenon.
inquiryHub Biology for High School is a deeply digital open educational resource with a license under Creative Commons. Users can access the digital materials for no cost as well as download, copy, print and/or make productive adaptations to the materials for use in the classroom. The course curriculum can be accessed via the inquiryHub Biology Landing page. To facilitate classroom use of the curriculum, inquiryHub Biology and Kendall Hunt are working together to provide affordable, printed companion materials. For content and course-use questions contact inquiryhub@colorado.edu.
