Great resources--I added information about both along with your descriptions of them to the "Inquiry Labs" page in the "Filing Cabinet" section of the webpage! I've heard about the first book, but not the second...I'll check out the website. Kelly detersk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: kact-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kact-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cline, Brad Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:38 PM To: kact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [KACT] Re: Inquiry Resource We at Goddard have been playing with Constructing Chemistry: by Jason Neil, Website: www.chemistryinquiry.com <http://www.chemistryinquiry.com/> Haven't had a lot of time to implement it yet, as we just received the CD, but it appears to be well written and as an old pro at constructivist physics teaching, I do like the approach that Neil is taking. I feel it did help the kids on the first unit I tried. The CD is about $50.00 which contains all worksheets and modules or you can buy a hard copy for $125.00. This is the price for one teacher in your building. If you have more than one teacher teaching chemistry with it, you are supposed to buy one copy of the CD for each teacher. It is hard to work inquiry into the curriculum since inquiry approaches take a lot more time. Usually you have to sacrifice content for process in this case. In my physics curriculum (I use the Arizona State Modeling <http://modeling.la.asu.edu/modeling-HS.html> Physics Program), I cut almost half of my content out to make the entire course inquiry based. It nearly killed me to do so, but my students understand physics so much better now, I realize it was worth it. I don't know what I'll have to do yet to make this work for Chemistry. Scientia non habet inimicum nisp ignorantem. Bradley L Cline Chemistry I, Chemistry II, Physics Instructor Goddard High School 2500 S 199th St West PO Box 189 Goddard, KS 67052-0189 bcline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: kact-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kact-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trina Adams Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 12:04 PM To: kact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [KACT] Inquiry Resource tadams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I don't know about you but I have had a hard time working inquiry into my curriculum. When I would go to a workshop the topic would swing toward inquiry in the elementary setting. So, I purchased a book called Teaching Inquiry Based Chemistry: Student-Led Scientific Communities. ISBN # 0-325-00671-7 It is geared toward high school chemistry, is only 118 pages, gets to the point, and gives suggested activities for units. The authors are realistic in that they realize inquiry and teacher led instruction need to be balanced. You may choose not to implement the full strategy but there may be bits and pieces that would fit your style. Trina Adams Chemistry/Physics Marysville High School 785 562 5386