Tool Kit for Coaches & Coordinators

Ideas for Investigating a Question

• Read about a sample day in Phase 3: Investigate!
• Online Resources may provide ideas for your team to investigate
• Stories from experienced coaches
• Q&A on common challenges
• List of online resources for science research
• Science and health resources from the New York Times (includes lesson plans, reports, and links)
• Making Meaning Guide for helping kids organize information

• Experiment notes (PDF)
• What's the same, what's different? Venn Diagram (PDF)
• A mind map (PDF) for connecting lots of different ideas and information

Tips on Working with Youth

• Giving directions
• Keeping kids focused
• Asking good questions
• Reading aloud with kids
• Graphic organizers: mapping
• Graphic organizers: webbing
• Using journals
• Techniques for sharing ideas
• Techniques for group sharing

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