Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. The site describes the objectives and agenda for current workshops and provides lessons produced during prior classes. The materials stress the importance of inquiry based learning as they offer lesson plans with teaching tips, background information, and student pages. Visitors can follow a link to a synchronous discussion site where they may participate in conversations originating from the Toucan virtual class about inquiry teaching.
Color photographs illustrate the procedural directions.
Students are asked to analyze their results, evaluate their experimental design, and consider practical applications of their newly discovered information. Science as inquiry.