|Target age or| |Grades 9-12, adapt to ability.| |Adapt to needs
of students and facilitator.| Preparation time and a current
science article with a fair amount of controversy or material
worthy of a classroom discussion. Good places to start looking
for your articles: |Target age or| |A current, good quality,
science reading assignment outside of the text followed by a
discussion on the content. The reading is augmented with a
series of thought questions for students to consider prior to
class discussion. Additional questions will be needed for the
classroom discussion. Students will direct the discussion with
help from the teacher to keep on track. The teacher is the
discussion leader and, therefore, a good grasp of the content
and arguments presented by the author is critical. The teacher
must direct the discussion toward desired objective outcomes.|
|An understanding of background terms, content, and topic are
very important in stimulating student higher-level thinking
beyond simple-knowledge cognitive le