sparkling ibse: hummingbird seeks bromeliad, sonja eilers and yvonne matzick

Inquiry based teacher training for a sustainable future

Supported by

Sparkling IBSE:Hummingbird seeks Bromeliad

Sonja Eilers, Yvonne Matzick, Kevin Henning, Doris Elster

Institute of Biology EducationBremen, Germany

Programme• The European project INQUIRE

• INQUIRE for Students Course Bremen

• Sparkling IBSE activities– Expedition to Mount Kinabalu (Yvonne Matzick, Kevin

Henning)

– Hummingbird seeks Bromeliad (Sonja Eilers)

– Which apple variety shall we choose? (Doris Elster)

• Discussion

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The European project INQUIRE

• 17 Partners from 11 Countries coordinated by University of Innsbruck, Austria

• Promotion of inquiry based science education (IBSE) through teacher training courses



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INQUIRE for STUDENTS Course

Flat hierarchical structure in a Community of Learners

Authentic learning environments

Inquiry based science education (IBSE)

Hands-on activities, minds-on –activities with green plants in focus

Reflective Practitioner

– Planning, conducting and reflecting of

– Working with pupils/classes of the lower secondary level

o Thematic focus

– Biodiversity, biodiversity loss and climate change


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INQUIRE for STUDENTS Course at Bremen

:

o Thematic focus

– Biodiversity, biodiversity loss and climate change


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• Sparkling IBSE activities– Expedition to Mount Kinabalu (Yvonne Matzick,

Kevin Henning)



• Discussion


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IBSE Activity:Expedition to Mount Kinabalu

Expedition to Mount Kinabalu


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Mount Kinabalu• Located on Borneo in

southeast Malaysia

• Highest peak in the malayarchipelago (4095 m)

• Incredible biodiversity ofplant life with 5000-6000 different species– For example orchids, pitcher

plants and rhododendron

• World Heritage side

• Map of BorneoEndangered species


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Deforestation on Borneo


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IBSE Activity


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• Structured in a station based system

Each station representates a different habitat along the hillside

• The pupils

form expedition teams

„climb“ the hill

get to know and practice scientific methods (Constructing andvalidating hypothesises, microscoping, examine and describeplants)


Stations


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Station 1

Station 2

Station 3

Station 4

Summit



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Station 1 - Lowland equatorial evergreen rain forests

Staghorn fern


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Station 2 – Lower montane rainforests

Orchids

„Insect seeks flower“ and„Hummingbird seeks

bromeliad“


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Station 3 – Upper montane rainforests


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Station 4 – Subalpine & alpine zone

Rhododendron and azalea

Frost desiccation

Stomata

Summit rat


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• Sparking IBSE activities– Expedition to Mount Kinabalu (Yvonne Matzick)



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HUMMINGBIRD SEEKS BROMELIADOverview

• Students will intensivelydeal with “flowers and theirpollinators”.

• They establish hypothesis,design and conduct ownmodel experiments andanalyze them.

• Students draw conclusionson the basis of their modelexperiments.


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Goals

Students…

• learn about settlement into theecological niche as correlation ofbeak length and corolla tubelength

• find out that transport of pollenand pollination of flowers isunintended

• find out how flower constancyworks


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Tillandsia fasciculata

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Florida, Venezuela

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Tillandsia_fasciculata.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Tillandsia_fasciculata.JPG

Aechmea fasciata

BrazilScientix Conference 2014 20Elster, Eilers, Matzick, Henning

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Aechmea nudicaulis

Costa RicaScientix Conference 2014 21Elster, Eilers, Matzick, Henning

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Hohenbergia penduliflora

CubaScientix Conference 2014 22Elster, Eilers, Matzick, Henning

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• Sparking IBSE activities– Expedition to Mount Kinabalu (Yvonne Matzick)

– Kolibri seeks Bromelia (Sonja Eilers)


• Discussion


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WHICH APPLE VARIETY TO CHOOSE?

Doris Elster


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Which apple variety to choose?

• A school class wants to buy apples for their school trip.

• Which apple variety should they buy?


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Apple variety

Criteria Granny Smith Red Delicious Boskoop Elstar

Taste

Growing conventional

Price [kg] [fill in price] [fill in price] [fill in price] [fill in price]

Material 1

You want to buy one kilo apples at a supermarket. Among the choices are four different apple

varieties. Next to the apple baskets you find some information on each variety that may help

you in your decision making.



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Criteria Direction Weighting

(1-3)

Granny Smith Red Delicious Boskoop Elstar

Points Score Points Score Points Score Points Scor

e

Taste Individual

direction

Growing Ecological

better than

conventional

Price The

cheaper, the

better

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The following table is a scheme, which may help you deciding on which apple variety to choose!


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Thanks for your attention!

The INQUIRE team and course participants at the University of Bremen



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Where you can get further information

• The INQUIRE Website istranslated into 10 languages. www.inquirybotany.org

• Here you will find IBSE activities, news anddiscussions and theINQUIRE Course Manual.

• About the German INQUIRE activities: [email protected]


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http://www.inquirybotany.org/

mailto:[email protected]

ReferencesINQUIRE (Inquiry based Teacher Training for a sustainable future).

http://www.inquiebotany.org/en [download November 10th, 2012]

INQUIRE Consortium (2011). Pilot INQUIRE Course Manual for Teachers and Educators, University Bremen, Germany.

IBSE Activities (on CD Rom)

Elster, D., Eilers, S., Logemann, S. (2013). Hummingbird seeks Bromelid. Modulbook of INQUIRE team Uni Bremen.

Matzick, Y., Henning, K. (2013). Expedition to Mount Kinabalu. INQUIRE Modulbook of UniBremen.

Elster, D. (2011). Which Apple Variety to Choose? INQUIRE Modulbook of Uni Bremen.

Möller, J., Ritter, U., Elster, D. (2012) Landscape Architecture.


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http://www.inquiebotany.org/en