Place-Based Scientific Inquiry

Providing a contemporary perspective on how to do scientific inquiry in ways that can make students' experiences better, this book draws on authentic inquiry, engaging with communities, and teaching through project-based learning, to help students design and carry out scientific inquiry projects that are grounded in their local places.

Benjamin Wong Blonder, Ph.D. is an assistant professor and ecologist at the University of California at Berkeley.
Ja'Nya Banks, M.Ed. was a special education teacher and now is a doctoral student in education policy at the University of California at Berkeley.
Austin R. Cruz, M.A. is an ecologist and educator at the University of Arizona.
Anna Dornhaus, Ph.D. is a professor at the University of Arizona studying complex systems and insect behavior.
R. Keating Godfrey, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist at the Florida Museum of Natural History with a background in hands-on, outdoor science education and job skills training.
Joshua S. Hoskinson, M.S., M.A. is an adjunct faculty member at Tohono O'odham Community College.
Rebecca Lipson taught middle school science, math, and special education for eight years and served as the assistant director of education at the University of Arizona Sky School.
Pacifica Sommers, Ph.D. is an ecologist and educator at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Christy Coverdale Stewart, M.Ed. has 35 years of experience as a middle and high school science teacher, curriculum specialist, and teacher coach.
Alan Strauss, Ph.D. has a background in disability studies and is the director of the University of Arizona's Mount Lemmon Science Center and Sky School.