Teaching Children Science: A Project-Based Approach, 2/e

Joe Krajcik, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Charlene Czerniak, University of Toledo
Carl Berger, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

How is Student Understanding Assessed?

Web Links

Science-Related Music Web sites:
http://www.raffinews.com (http://www.raffinews.com) This is the home site for Raffi, the popular children's singer. A strong children's advocate, Raffi also writes songs concerning the health of the environment.



http://www.kerryclark.com (http://www.kerryclark.com) Kerry Patric Clark is a popular singer whose CDs include "Sing-A-Long Science."



http://www.bananaslugstringband.com (http://www.bananaslugstringband.com) Banana Slug String Band is a musical group from North Carolina. Much of their material deals with science and ecology.

Creating Rubrics
http://ericae.net/pare/getvn.asp?v=7&n=3 (http://ericae.net/pare/getvn.asp?v=7&n=3) This site is maintained by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation (ERICAE). At this site educators can access the widely read paper "Scoring Rubrics: What, When, and How" by Barbara M. Moskal.



http://rubistar.4teachers.org (http://rubistar.4teachers.org) RubiStar is a tool designed to help teachers who want to use rubrics but don't have time to develop them from scratch. After students complete a project the teacher uses a rubric to grade it and then enters the data in RubiStar. RubiStar then identifies the material that was most problematic for students.



http://4teachers.org/projectbased/checklist.shtml (http://4teachers.org/projectbased/checklist.shtml) This is the home page for Project Based Learning (PBL). Teachers assign projects and then use checklists to evaluate students.



http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm (http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm) This is the site for the Staff Room for Ontario's Teachers. It provides sample rubrics and background information on how to use rubrics in the classroom.

Grading Software; SciLinks:
http://www.gradebook.com (http://www.gradebook.com) Excelsior Software, Inc., produces Electronic Gradebook software that can be integrated into other types of software. The Gradebook enables teachers and parents to track students' progress.



http://www.nsta.org/scilinks (http://www.nsta.org/scilinks) SciLinks is a partnership between several textbook publishers and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). It provides students with Internet resources related to specific points in their textbook.

Other Web sites of interest for chapter 9
Classification of Living Things (http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/default.htm) This tutorial teaches about the Linnaen system of classification. The correct pronunciations of difficult words can be heard with audio clips, and the site focuses on how humans fit into the classification system.



Soil Science Society of America (http://www.soils.org) The purpose of this website is to advance the discipline and practice of soil science by acquiring and distributing information about soils in relation to crop production, environmental quality, ecosystem sustainability, bioremediation, waste management and recycling, and wise land use.



CELLS Alive! (http://www.cellsalive.com/) This site contains film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research. Its library contains live recordings and computer animations of various cells and cell structures that can be used in the classroom.

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