Starting With The Survey:

It was important for students to begin the second year of this project by answering the survey part of the questionaire. Most of my current students were unaware of the survey and therefore were not influenced by the opinions of others.

I had students graph their survey results and discuss possible reasons why they responded the way they did. They also compared their answers with the answers of my previous students, which were remarkably similar. I then showed them the survey results we received from the scientists and discussed the possible reasons why the scientists responded the way they did. The discussions we had regarding the scientists' responses reinforced the aspects and nature of science, the central point of a unit I teach in the beginning of the year.

These discussions helped launch the activities I wanted to do for year two.
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