Student Centered Investigative Labs for Middle School Science

Book excerpt: This resource book is intended for experienced middle school science teachers who are seeking ways to incorporate a more student centered approach to investigative lab activities. New teachers can also benefit from this manual. This resource book is based upon a teaching philosophy known as the Learning Cycle. In the Learning Cycle (LC) model of teaching scinece, students work together in groups of three or four with limted teacher guidance to develop lab procedures for the investigation of questions which can be studied in the laboratory or field.