Short days are often difficult to plan for in a science class. Anything that we could do as experiments or lab activities would likely take too long. So, we will soon be discussing the details of Scientific Inquiry, I decided to teach a simple game that helps to develop strategy, logic, forethought, and spatial reasoning (all important aspects of conducting scientific inquiry). The game is called Tapatan. The kids all seemed to really enjoy it. If you have an iPhone, iTouch, or iPad, there is a free app for the game available in the iTunes Store. If you do not have any of those devices, the game board and pieces are easy to make - take a look at the instructions here.
AuthorMr. Oliver is a middle school science teacher at Bitburg Middle School, Bitburg, Germany. He has been a certified wildlife biologist for 18 years, enjoys all forms of outdoor activity and spending time with his wife. He has two dogs (a Yellow Lab and a black Standard Poodle). ArchivesOctober 2011 CategoriesAll  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. |
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