Galileo Educational Network – Inspiring a Passionate Commitment to Learning
The Kindergarten and Grade 1 scientists in Mrs. Boxma’s class are investigating fish. They have generated many questions and are busy searching for answers.
Through problem identification, research, blueprint creation, building, testing, troubleshooting, and tweaking students were tasked with building their own sleds that would travel effectively down a…
Through careful and intentional task design, Grade 8 students were given the opportunity to engage in an authentic approach to Science that closely mirrored the…
In this task, students were challenged with designing and building a catapult that could launch a ball a minimum of 5 meters. From the onset,…
In this Chemistry 20 class, students were given Stoichiometry problems in order to solve collaboratively on the class whiteboards. Through making student learning visible the…
In order to demonstrate that science is a part of their everyday world, students were asked to consider and explore how evidence-based science processes can…
In order to engage students in developing a deep understanding the laws of thermodynamics, these grade 10s were given a challenge of building a thermos…
In this inquiry, Grade 8 French-Immersion students were charged with becoming medical experts on a particular body system. Dans cette enquête, les élèves de 8e…