| MANIPULATIVE EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGN – ECOLOGY VIDEOS | EXPERIMENTAL INQUIRY EXPLAINED | |
Video 1 – research question and variables |
Video 2 – experimental design |
About experimental research design |
Video 3 – findings |
< Video 4 – replication in schools |
About the learning resource:
A series of videos and practical learning activities, which have been developed by Dr Jennifer Firn.
The learning resource are designed to help pre-service and in-service teachers develop understanding of scientific inquiry, focusing on manipulative experimental research design applications in ecological sciences and for the classroom.
About the scientist:
Dr Jennifer Firn is a theoretical and applied ecologist who specialises in linking ecological theory to the sustainable management of degraded grasslands and forests. The driving motivation throughout her career has been to find smarter, cheaper and more sustainable ways of restoring degraded plant communities. Jennifer is passionately committed to developing a better understanding of how the loss of native biodiversity impacts on ecosystems and subsequently finding better ways to bring it back.
Professional Learning Resources – Research Design Explained
We encourage educators to also engage with these science inquiry resources:
| COMPARATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN | CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH DESIGN | DESCRIPTIVE / OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH DESIGN |
| Overview video Classroom learning activities (pdf) |
Videos about correlational inquiry and its application in medical research Classroom learning activities (pdf) |
Videos about descriptive / observational inquiry and its application in astrophysics Descriptive Inquiry – classroom learning activities (pdf) |
| MANIPULATIVE EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGN | PERTURBATION RESEARCH DESIGN AND OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES | RESEARCH LITERATURE AND LINKS |
| Videos focusing on experimental inquiry in ecology and chemistry | Overview video Perturbation Studies – classroom learning activities (pdf) |
Summary document (pdf) |
Return to Engaging Students in Science Inquiry project overview.