Book Reviews: Scientific Inquiry and Nature of Science: Implications for Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education

Abstract

Using the Internet, a science teacher provided students access to hundreds of ultraviolet (UV) photographic images of the outer atmosphere of Earth. Upon examining the images, students discovered numerous dark “holes” in the outer atmosphere. The teacher posed a general question for the students--What could possibly explain the “dark holes”? The teacher asked the students to propose explanations for the dark holes, and then afterward, directed them to support their explanations with scientific knowledge.