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Jason-

    I suggest you design backwards - that is, don't start with the
standards, start with the inquiry.  What can you have kids do?  Using
materials that are reasonably priced?  Starting backwards makes the process
much easier.

    We use inventing activities - design, build, test, and re-build.  We
want kids to control the process so we challenge them to invent toys.  In
the process they will encounter the science.

    Once you have activities, it's easy to relate the standards to them.
Much easier than starting with the standards and trying to figure out the
activities.

    After-school programs have to be fun and active.  Inventing (or
design-build) fits that requirement and puts kids in the position of wanting
to know more. Kids come to you asking for information, rather than you
telling them information they don't want.

    Check out "Inventing Toys: Kids Having Fun Learning Science" published
by Zephyr.  Next year they will publish "Locomotion" that will have 30 toys
kids can make along with curriculum.

                            Ed Sobey


Northwest Invention Center
2420 178th NE
Redmond, WA 98052
(425) 861-8685
www.invention-center.com
www.invention-engine.com
www.kidsinvent.org
www.inventionfact.com



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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?
>
> 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
> 727 West Main St.
> Louisville, KY 40202
> (502) 561-6100 ext. 6421
> (502) 561-6690 (fax)
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