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Jason,

You may want to look into "Design It!  Engineering in After-school
Programs", (Education Development  Center, Inc; Bernie Zubrowski).
This is an excellent set of hands-on, inquiry based activities that
also includes support material for the after-school providers and
parents!

<http://www2.edc.org/cse/work/designit/>

The Exploratorium also has many interesting resources that may help
with your questions about Inquiry, though I'm sure others on the list
can point to many other useful resources.  We've used experiences
gained at the Exploratorium's Institute for Inquiry with great success
in our workshops for after-school providers.

<http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/>

Good luck!


Len Adams
Origins Project Supervisor
Pacific Science Center
Seattle, WA



On Friday, December 12, 2003, at 12:12 PM, Sanchez, Jason wrote:

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> I am currently trying to develop a curriculum for an after-school
> program at
> the Louisville Science Center that must correlate with science
> standards.
> In doing so I have encountered the following questions/problems:
>
> How do you transform core content and science standards into a hands-on
> inquiry based activity?  Can inquiry be used on all standards?  How do
> you
> deal with time constrictions?  How many materials is too many?  Is it
> ever
> OK to tell students the answers to their questions?
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> I would be interested to hear how other Science Centers are dealing
> with
> these questions.
>
> Jason Sanchez
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> Jason Sanchez
> Whitney Young Scholars in Science (WYSci) Program Coordinator
> Louisville Science Center
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