Students see science in context and relate it to situations they encounter in their lives.
Students engage with issues in the case and collaboratively identify questions. Students explore their questions using a variety of investigative strategies, including library searches, internet searches, laboratory work, field work, computer simulations, interviews, film reviews, etc. Their results may be presented in several formats including posters, letters to the editor, web pages, an advertisement for local radio, an editorial cartoon, presentation, forum, etc. ICBL addresses several of the National Science Education Standards and AAAS Benchmarks. Teachers and students experience science integrated with other disciplines such as mathematics, history, language arts or consumer science.