Does the Beach-Spawning Grunion Eat Its Own Eggs? Eighth Graders use Inquiry-Based Investigation to Collect Real Data in a University Laboratory

J. William Cavanagh; Kimberly M. Martinez; Benjamin A. Higgins; Michael H. Horn

doi:10.1525/abt.2014.76.3.5

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1 March 2014 Does the Beach-Spawning Grunion Eat Its Own Eggs? Eighth Graders use Inquiry-Based Investigation to Collect Real Data in a University Laboratory

J. William Cavanagh, Kimberly M. Martinez, Benjamin A. Higgins, Michael H. Horn

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The American Biology Teacher, 76(3):178-182 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2014.76.3.5

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A collaborative effort between a junior high school and a nearby university allowed 40 eighth-grade honors students to engage in a scientific investigation within a university laboratory. These students, with their science teachers and university researchers, gathered data on egg cannibalism in a beach-spawning fish and thereby contributed to an ongoing research project. Our objectives were to provide a scientific learning experience for the students and introduce them to a college setting. A survey, given 2.5 years after the investigation, found that most of the students had increased their interest in studying science in college.

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J. William Cavanagh, Kimberly M. Martinez, Benjamin A. Higgins, and Michael H. Horn "Does the Beach-Spawning Grunion Eat Its Own Eggs? Eighth Graders use Inquiry-Based Investigation to Collect Real Data in a University Laboratory," The American Biology Teacher 76(3), 178-182, (1 March 2014). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2014.76.3.5

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