{"id":1031,"date":"2014-04-20T23:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T23:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordidomenechportfolio.wordpress.com\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2014-04-20T23:00:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T23:00:17","slug":"gondwana-tales-an-inquiry-approach-to-plate-tectonics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/jordidomenech\/2014\/04\/20\/gondwana-tales-an-inquiry-approach-to-plate-tectonics\/","title":{"rendered":"Gondwana Tales: an inquiry approach to plate tectonics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/xtec.cat\/gondwanatales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1033 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/jordidomenech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/524\/2014\/04\/gondwana.png\" alt=\"gondwana\" width=\"250\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>Gondwana Tales: an inquiry approach to plate tectonics<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/meetingorganizer.copernicus.org\/EGU2014\/EGU2014-1673.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geophysical Research Abstracts (2014) Vol. 16, EGU2014-1673<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Plate tectonics and its effects on the constitution of seas and continents are key models in science education. Fossil evidences are usually taught in demostrative key when Wegener\u2019s discoverings about Pangea are introduced. In order to introduce inquiry-based science education (IBSE) approaches to this topic, we propose \u201cGondwana Tales\u201d, an activity where students are asked to use fossil data to reconstruct the geologic history of an imaginary planet.<br \/>\nGrouped in independent teams, each team is furnished with stratigraphic columns from several sites containing faunistic successions of real organisms existing in the past in Earth. Students are told to reconstruct a model of the evolution of the continents, by making calculations of relative ages of the fossils, and relating each fossil to a<br \/>\ngeologic era. The different teams have incomplete and complementary information. After a first step where they have to propose a partial model based on incomplete data, each team receives a \u201cvisitor scientist\u201d from another team, this implying an informal scientific communication event. This process is performed several times, engaging<br \/>\na discussion in each team and getting a final consensus model created by the whole class. Correct answer is not given to the students, even at the end of the activity, to keep the activity under the parameters of real scientific experience, where there is not a \u201ccorrect answer\u201d to compare. Instead of this, and following the IBSE standards, a reflection on the process is proposed to students. The lack of complete information and the need to collaborate are part of classroom dynamics focused to the understanding of the process of creation of the scientific knowledge. This activity is part of the C3 Project on Creation of Scientific Knowledge that is being applied in the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color:#ffffff\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You will find the <strong>activity and didactic guide at<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/xtec.cat\/gondwanatales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/xtec.cat\/gondwanatales\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[slideshare id=34378104&amp;sc=no]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gondwana Tales: an inquiry approach to plate tectonics. Geophysical Research Abstracts (2014) Vol. 16, EGU2014-1673. Plate tectonics and its effects on the constitution of seas and continents are key models in science education. Fossil evidences are usually taught in demostrative key when Wegener\u2019s discoverings about Pangea are introduced. 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