Plans de cours
What happened to the cup?
Physics
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Transparent plastic cups are disposable and have thin walls. They are available in vending machines and are primarily used for cold drinks. Are there reasons why this type of...
Face on Mars
Physics
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Some years ago something funny happened around Mars. NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft was orbiting the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2, when it...
Why did mammoths become extinct?
Biology
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14
Scientists have presented two claims: climate change or human hunters. In this lesson students apply their knowledge of evolution and study evidence to decide which...
The Hypothesiser Lifeline
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The Hypothesiser Lifeline is an example of a cognitive scaffold that can be built into TEMI methodology. A cognitive scaffold summaries the processes students need to follow...
The Mysterious Atom
Physics
11
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What is inside an atom, and how can we find out? Our ideas of atomic structure have changed over time. This process is still happening at CERN as...
The timely prediction
Mathematics
10
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A random number is freely generated by the learners for the teacher to magically match it to a prediction...
Your numbers divided
Mathematics
15
16
On this mystery, you are able to predict numbers that exactly divide a series of random numbers chosen by students.
The card colours command
Mathematics
15
16
A shuffled pack of cards seems to be under the control of your voice commands, as you can predict the number of red and black cards in two piles...
Solid or liquid?
Chemistry
Physics
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14
Some materials do not act ‘normally’ when you exert a force on them. They become either more liquid or...
Red Moon
Astronomy
Physics
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When the Moon travels through the Earth’s shadow sunlight is blocked. However, instead of turning dark...
Guess the colour!
Physics
12
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The colour of the objects around us depends on the surface of the object, on the colour of the light and...
A flower hidden by the cold
Physics
12
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A toy balloon filled with air is immersed in liquid nitrogen and the air seems to disappear...
Field trip with ghosts?
Chemistry
Physics
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A strange noise came from the kitchen: a can of oil has fallen down from the oven and something or someone...
The curved light
Physics
12
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Light rays propagate rectilinearly... Why is the laser light in the Plexiglas pan filled with water curved?
Closer but colder
Astronomy
General science
Mathematics
Physics
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Earth is farther away from the Sun in July than it is in January. But we have colder...
The chi wheel
Physics
11
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Can people really move objects through the power of their mind? In this lesson, students witness the amazing chi wheel, which claims to work by...
To dissolve or not dissolve
Chemistry
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Two glasses are half full of clear liquid. When a teaspoon of salt is added to both and stirred, it dissolves in one...
The (un)reliable indicator
Chemistry
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Students are testing different substances for the pH value. Some students are testing crystal (alum) deodorants using a red cabbage...
The sea-sand overseas
Chemistry
15
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The mystery deals with sand that stays dry when water is poured onto it. Students are requested to find ways to build sand castles with this 'dry'...
The murder of the jeweller
Chemistry
14
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The mystery revolves round a detective story. A jeweller has been murdered: the suspects are his metal suppliers but...
The mystery of Gibraltar
Chemistry
12
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Sailors who were passing through the strait of Gibraltar observed a strange fact. They found that water was...
The disappearing lab report
Chemistry
16
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This mystery deals with a laboratory report in which the written results suddenly vanished. The students need to find out how the writing...
Mysterious eggs
Physics
13
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This mystery allows the students to make a hypothesis based on the old advice saying that a rotten egg floats when it is put into fresh water while...
Grit on the streets
Chemistry
14
15
A common misconception is that gritting the sidewalk causes the temperature to increase and thus melt the ice. However, it is actually the...
Gelli Baff®
Chemistry
16
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Sarah and Philip were taking a bath with Gelli Baff. The viscous hydrogel was great fun. Now they want to drain the bathtub. How can they force...
Eating nails
Chemistry
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Are we really eating nails? How can there be iron in our cereal? The mystery here demonstrating that iron filings can be extracted from a sample of breakfast cereal.
The cola-Mentos fountain
Chemistry
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The Internet provides a large number of videos about the cola-Mentos fountain. To produce as high a fountain as possible, students need to enquire behind...
The clock reaction
Chemistry
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Two translucent liquids are mixed. At first, nothing happens: the resulting solution is still translucent. Suddenly, with no warning, the solution turns blue-black all at once.
Chemical seesaw
Chemistry
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A balance is set up with two pieces of iron wool. One piece is set alight: it appears to be getting smaller but, mysteriously, the balance tips the other way.
Chemical garden
Chemistry
12
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The chemical garden is a well-established experiment from the chemistry of salts, solubility, diffusion, and solutions. The nice thing is that if metal salts are put in...
The chameleon bubbles
Chemistry
14
15
Chameleon bubbles are alginate bubbles that emerge when a sodium alginate solution is dropped into a calcium chloride solution – just like how bubbles...
Red or blue flowers?
Biology
14
15
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The teacher couldn't decide whether to wear a red flower or a blue one, so they decided on a compromise: a half red, half blue flower! But...
The leaking bag
Biology
16
17
Two beakers will be displayed at the front of the room. Both look identical in that they both contain a plastic zip-lock bag with a starch solution inside...
Application
Liens utiles
Guide TEMI
Dans ce livret, vous découvrirez plus en détails la façon stimulante d’enseigner les sciences dans votre classe que propose le projet TEMI. Il présente des conseils et exemples concrets ainsi que la méthodologie développée, avec ses quatre innovations clefs : l’utilisation des mystères, le cycle des 5E, compétences de présentation, le transfert progressif de la responsabilité de l’enseignant à l’apprenant.