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These are my favorite books for combining inquiry-based programs with
education standards:

Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards : A Guide for Teaching
and Learning
National Academy Press
ISBN: 0309064767
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National Science Education Standards : Observe, Interact, Change, Learn
National Academy Press
ISBN: 0309053269
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Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science
National Academy Press
ISBN: 0309063647
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Amanda Chesworth
Educational Director, Children's Programming
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
http://www.csicop.org
http://www.inquiringminds.org
http://www.campinquiry.org



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From: "Peggy Zemach" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:53 AM


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Here's a question for you all. An after school science program ( I don't
remember which state) shut it's doors after 27 years because  they were not
able to prove that their programs improved test scores. What a shame!! As we
all develop inquiry-based programs, how important is it to fit into the
school education standards? My take is that we, in the museum education
field, have the luxury to develop informal education programs that students
don't get in the schools but maybe we are all  doomed to improve student
test scores. Thoughts?






Peggy M. Zemach
 Discovery Museum at the Powerhouse
1099 Main Ave. #316
Durango, CO 81301
970-422-2034
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www.durangodiscovery.org

"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire."
William Butler Yeats

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