Nature Puzzlers
Nature Puzzlers by Lawrence E. Hillman, published by Bloomsbury Academic on November 15, 1989, is a resource designed for educators seeking to engage students in scientific inquiry through a series of nature-themed puzzles. This edition, comprising 152 pages, presents a variety of scientific concepts in an accessible format, requiring little to no technical background for students. The puzzles encourage cognitive skills such as questioning, defining, and hypothesizing, making them suitable for middle school and older students.
Readers will find a collection of engaging puzzles that challenge students to think critically about nature and science. Each puzzle is designed to stimulate problem-solving skills and is presented at three levels of difficulty. The book includes a teacher’s key, background information for guiding inquiry, solutions, alternate hypotheses, and suggestions for further reading and activities. Topics covered include logic, brain teasers, and methods for teaching science and technology, making this resource a valuable tool for educators in secondary education.
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Offers teachers a series of brief “nature puzzles” to introduce the inquiry method to students. Little or no technical science background is required for students to answer these puzzle questions, which cover a variety of scientific concepts. Encourages the use of cognitive skills in problem solving: questioning, defining, fact-finding, comparing and contrasting, hypothesizing, deduction, and induction. The puzzles are presented in an engaging way, and at three levels of difficulty. Sample titles are: Misguided Salmon (why aren’t salmon finding their old spawning sites?); The Bird with ESP (how does a bird know about some things before they happen?); and Scalpel, Suture, Leech (how are leeches used in modern operating rooms?). Each puzzle includes a teacher’s key, background information to aid teachers in guiding inquiry, solution, alternate hypotheses, and suggested reading and additional activities. Most appropriate for middle school and older students.
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