Abstract Introducing the creative experiment “fire in the palm” into the classroom to stimulate students’ enthusiasm for learning. Two exploration experiments were designed around “the principle and method of extinguishing candles”: “exploring the principle of copper ring extinguishing” and “exploring the order and principle of extinguishing high and low candles”. Through scientific exploration links such as conjectures, designing plans, experimental operations, reviewing literature, and evidence reasoning, the students proved that the main reason for the copper ring to extinguish fire was not thermal conductivity, but the wall effect. At the same time, the core literacy of scientific inquiry had been developed in the process of experiencing complete scientific inquiry. Using handheld instruments to explore the reasons for the extinguishing of candles, which not only deepened students’ understanding of the principles of combustion and fire extinguishing, cultivated their ability to think, but also allowed students to transition from qualitative to quantitative in scientific inquiry and realized the advancement of scientific inquiry literacy.
CHEN Qian-Long, YAN Bin, CHEN Mo. Classroom Teaching for Developing Students’ Core Literacy of Scientific Inquiry: Burning and Extinguishing[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, 44(17): 23-30.
