2008 Conference Materials

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Here are the resources that came up in discussions at the 2008 Conference: Teaching Science Through Inquiry. Please feel free to use these, modify them, and provide appropriate attribution.

Keynote Speaker: Philip Bell, Associate Professor of Cognitive Studies: With links to the LIFE Center and other material he spoke about.
Bibliography Related to Cultural and Everyday Accounts of Learning: (compiled by Philip Bell, University of Washington)
IslandWood Explorations: Descriptions of the activities we did, and discussed, on the opening day.
Workshop - Asking Questions: About Ice Balls and other info from Clancy's workshop on Questions
Workshop - Field Investigations: Powerpoint file from Pat Otto and Amy Ryken's Workshop (14.5 MB)
Songs at IslandWood: Scores (in pdf form) and recordings of four of the songs we use at IslandWood - some from the campfire on Saturday.

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Mammal's Den Fireplace

Metamorphic rocks were used in the Mammal's Den fireplace. These rocks are formed from the alteration of pre-existing rock by high pressure and temperature. The chemical composition of the rock remains essentially the same, but the atoms are rearranged into different mineral structures. An example is carbon, which is changed by very high heat and pressure from the mineral graphite (pencil lead) into diamond.