Student-Led Science: Empowering Students To Design Their Own Experiments
If you want to lead students to wonder and wonder some more, get them to create their own experiments. This will increase engagement and meet the NGSS Standards : 'Plan and conducted an investigation collaboratively to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence using fair tests which are controlled.' What Is An Experiment? An experiment or investigation is different than a demo. The students make a change in the demo, record data on the effects of that change, and evaluate the results. There are prewritten experiments. We love those, too. They are great for exposing students to phenomena. Empowering students to design their own experiments will ignite inspiration and enhance their engagement. The Benefits of Student-Created Experiments It enables students to learn from first-hand experiences instead of as a third-party observer, which improves achievement. It allows them to explore their interests and questions. They will feel ownership in their learning. It helps stud
