Basic Lesson Outline

1. Do ant observation activity.
   
   
2. Complete a closely guided experiment.
   
   
3. Complete a second closely guided experiment which allows for more freedom on students' part to make hypotheses and design experimental methods.
   
   
4. Complete a third experiment, whereby students make their own problem statements, hypotheses, experimental plans, etc. and carry out the experiment.
   
   
5. Students present their findings to class via poster and oral presentations.

Science Education Connection Department of Biochemistry The University of Arizona Tuesday, April 29, 1997 warder@u.arizona.edu http://biology.arizona.edu/sciconn/lessons/shindelman/ All contents copyright © 1997. All rights reserved.