Abstract
Science Created by You (SCY) learning environments are computer-based environments in which students learn about science topics in the context of addressing a socioscientific problem. Along their way to a solution for this problem students produce many types
of intermediate products or learning objects. SCY learning environments center the entire
learning process around creating, sharing, discussing, and re-using these learning objects. This
instructional approach requires dedicated instructional designs, which are supplied in the form
of what are called pedagogical scenarios. A SCY pedagogical scenario presents the learning
process as an organized assembly of elementary learning processes, each associated with a
specific learning object and a tool for creating this learning object. Designing a SCY learning
environment is basically a two-step procedure: the first step is to select one of the available
scenarios, and the second step is to define the domain content. The SCY technical infrastructure
then handles the instantiation of the scenario as a SCY computer-based learning environment.
In this article we describe the SCY pedagogical design scenarios and report on our experiences
in designing four different SCY learning environments.
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