Creating a middle school science module which is engaging to students, satisfies state course of study objectives, incorporates current research techniques or results, and uses guided inquiry methods is a balancing act.  This is a presentation of modules developed with a group of university professors, a middle school teacher, and undergraduate assistants as part of the project “A NanoBio Science Partnership for the Alabama Black Belt<i>,” </i>an NSF-funded Math and Science Partnership grant.  In an eighth grade module on light bulb efficiency and a seventh grade module on the characteristics of living things, the trade-offs in achieving competing goals are discussed.

Balancing “wow” and “satisifying standards” with hands-on activities and critical thinking: Developing middle school science modules

249th National Meeting (2015)

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