Cooperative Learning


Cooperative learning is a teaching strategy designed to imitate real-life learning and problem solving by combining teamwork with individual and group accountability. Working in small groups, with individuals of varying talents, abilities, and backgrounds, students are given a variety of tasks. The teacher or the group assigns each team member a personal responsibility that is essential to successful completion of the task.

Cooperative learning allows students to acquire both knowledge and social skills. The students learn from each other and get to know and respect group members that they may not have made an effort to meet in other circumstances. Studies show that, used properly, cooperative learning boosts student achievement. Schools using this strategy report that attendance improves because the students feel valuable and necessary to their group.

One of the defining marks of humanity is our ability to affect and predict our environment. Science - the creation of structure for our world - technology - the use of structure in our world - and mathematics - the common language of structure - all have been part of our human progress, through every step of our path to the present.

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Links

Yahooligans


Biology

Animals
Animal Planet - Cyberzoo - Top Livestock - Seaworld - Bugbios

Plants
E-nature - Nature Plants (BBC)

Biodiversity
The Tree of Life - Extinction

Human Body
Human anatomy online - BBC Online - Health and body

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Physical Science

Chemistry - Chem4kids - Energy - The Energy Tree - Light, Matter and energy - Some experiments


Space Science

Missions to Mars (How do we know so much about Mars?) - Planets - Gravity - Solar System (Scavenger Hunt) - Astronauts - Space Suits

Environment- Ecology and Earth

US Environmental Protection Agency - World Wildlife Fund - Life in extreme environments - United Nations - Kids corner - Earth Science (earth structure, volcanoes, earthquakes, climate, etc)

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Science Activities

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Students Reports

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