WGU C108 Elementary Science Methods
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Which is a specific process that should be taught in the elementary classroom? ✔✔Recording
and organizing data using pictures, numbers, and words
How do elementary science teachers use inquiry to develop students knowledge of scientific
ideas? ✔✔Teachers trust students to learn by providing time to think on their own
A 6th grade teacher wants students to understand the relationship between inquiry skills and the
scientific process. They are to observe worms on dry and moist towels for 20 minutes, record
their observations, and predict of worms prefer dry or moist conditions. How can the students
achieve this objective? ✔✔Students can prove what will happen and predict outcomes when they
observe a living worm
Which science learning activity describes the elaborate component of the 5E model?
✔✔Students take what was leaned and make real world connections to things in their everyday
life
A 4th grade teacher wants the class to participate in an inquiry lesson using magnets the teacher
wants to ensure students have opportunities to formulate and test hypothesis. Which strategy
,should the teacher use to achieve this objective? ✔✔Students should watch a short video on how
magnets are used in daily life and then rank the most portent use of magnets
A teacher wants to maximize scientific inquiry during a unit on health care. To impact learning
and processing skill building, the teacher accepts an offer from a medical doctor to work with the
class. How can the teacher include multiple science process skills during instruction? ✔✔After
the doctor demonstrates an experiment, have students work in groups to summarize the
experiment, predict why it worked, interview the doctor about the experiment and listen to a
follow up discussion ensuring their understanding.
A 3rd grade teacher wants the students to make meaningful, grade-appropriate measurement.
Which activity supports this objective? ✔✔Measuring objects on the playground in inches, feet,
and yards using a yard stick.
A kindergarten teacher is introducing the concepts of sorting and classification to the students.
How can the teacher implement a logical sequence of activities to begin teaching this skill?
✔✔By providing a worksheet to match objects, then having a classmate check the worksheet for
accuracy
A teacher has prepared a general introduction lesson in science process skills using measurement
tools. The teacher wants to include measurement activities to enhance the evaluation selection.
, How can the teacher accomplish this goal? ✔✔By using data from measurement of a variety of
objects.
Why is skepticism valued in science? ✔✔It encourages predictions and hypothesis testing to
promote academic discourse
The objectives for a 3rd grade lesson is to promote scientific inquiry prior to beginning the
investigation; the teacher will incorporate nonfiction literature about weathering into the reading
lesson. After activating students prior knowledge, the teacher will pace students in groups of 4.
Each group will be provided with materials, including 2 small topless milk/juice cartons, moist
soil, plaster of Paris, a stick, bean seed, and jar of water,ruler, paper, and pencils. Students will
begin the experiment and continue investigating over several days to determine how plants are
involved in the weathering of rocks. Students will describe the group experiment on their science
journals. How does this lesson describe the relationships of inquiry to science education?
✔✔Students build upon background knowledge by typing new scientific concepts previously
learned material
Which science inquiry activity includes scaffolding? ✔✔The teacher provides a science
experiment with set procedures for all students to follow
Latest 2023 Already Passed
Which is a specific process that should be taught in the elementary classroom? ✔✔Recording
and organizing data using pictures, numbers, and words
How do elementary science teachers use inquiry to develop students knowledge of scientific
ideas? ✔✔Teachers trust students to learn by providing time to think on their own
A 6th grade teacher wants students to understand the relationship between inquiry skills and the
scientific process. They are to observe worms on dry and moist towels for 20 minutes, record
their observations, and predict of worms prefer dry or moist conditions. How can the students
achieve this objective? ✔✔Students can prove what will happen and predict outcomes when they
observe a living worm
Which science learning activity describes the elaborate component of the 5E model?
✔✔Students take what was leaned and make real world connections to things in their everyday
life
A 4th grade teacher wants the class to participate in an inquiry lesson using magnets the teacher
wants to ensure students have opportunities to formulate and test hypothesis. Which strategy
,should the teacher use to achieve this objective? ✔✔Students should watch a short video on how
magnets are used in daily life and then rank the most portent use of magnets
A teacher wants to maximize scientific inquiry during a unit on health care. To impact learning
and processing skill building, the teacher accepts an offer from a medical doctor to work with the
class. How can the teacher include multiple science process skills during instruction? ✔✔After
the doctor demonstrates an experiment, have students work in groups to summarize the
experiment, predict why it worked, interview the doctor about the experiment and listen to a
follow up discussion ensuring their understanding.
A 3rd grade teacher wants the students to make meaningful, grade-appropriate measurement.
Which activity supports this objective? ✔✔Measuring objects on the playground in inches, feet,
and yards using a yard stick.
A kindergarten teacher is introducing the concepts of sorting and classification to the students.
How can the teacher implement a logical sequence of activities to begin teaching this skill?
✔✔By providing a worksheet to match objects, then having a classmate check the worksheet for
accuracy
A teacher has prepared a general introduction lesson in science process skills using measurement
tools. The teacher wants to include measurement activities to enhance the evaluation selection.
, How can the teacher accomplish this goal? ✔✔By using data from measurement of a variety of
objects.
Why is skepticism valued in science? ✔✔It encourages predictions and hypothesis testing to
promote academic discourse
The objectives for a 3rd grade lesson is to promote scientific inquiry prior to beginning the
investigation; the teacher will incorporate nonfiction literature about weathering into the reading
lesson. After activating students prior knowledge, the teacher will pace students in groups of 4.
Each group will be provided with materials, including 2 small topless milk/juice cartons, moist
soil, plaster of Paris, a stick, bean seed, and jar of water,ruler, paper, and pencils. Students will
begin the experiment and continue investigating over several days to determine how plants are
involved in the weathering of rocks. Students will describe the group experiment on their science
journals. How does this lesson describe the relationships of inquiry to science education?
✔✔Students build upon background knowledge by typing new scientific concepts previously
learned material
Which science inquiry activity includes scaffolding? ✔✔The teacher provides a science
experiment with set procedures for all students to follow
