Inquiry

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Inquiry what it is and
what it isnt!
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A Day of Inquiry

• INQUIRY KWL
• Challenges
• spaghetti structures
• egg drop
• liquids
• Debrief
• Favorite Lessons
• Find levels of openness
• Determine how to enhance
• Standards
• Assessment
• lesson, teacher,student
• Review of materials
• CD resources
• CD Kidspiration/Inspiration

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In inquiry-based teaching, is it ever okay to
tell students the answers to their questions?
is it?
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Should a teacher ever say "no" to an
investigation that students propose themselves?
yes?no?
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Is it more important for students to learn the
abilities of scientific inquiry or scientific
concepts and principles?
which?
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How can students do a science investigation
before they have learned the vocabulary words
with which to describe the results?
how?
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Do the Standards imply that teachers should use
inquiry in every lesson?
do they?
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How can teachers cover everything in the
curriculum if they use inquiry-oriented
materials and teaching methods?
how?
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How much structure and freedom should teachers
provide in inquiry-oriented science lessons?
how much?
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How can teachers use inquiry and maintain
control of their students?
how?
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How much do teachers need to know about inquiry
and about science subject matter to teach
science through inquiry?
how much?
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What can teachers do who are provided only
traditional instructional materials?
what to do?
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Where can teachers get the equipment, materials,
and supplies they need to teach through inquiry?
where?
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Where can teacher educators obtain
inquiry-oriented programs to use in preparing
teachers?
where?
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What barriers are encountered when implementing
inquiry-oriented approaches?
what?
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How can teachers improve their use of inquiry
in science teaching?
how?
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Why did the Standards choose to leave out the
science process skills such as observing,
classifying, predicting, and hypothesizing?
why?
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Structured
Guided
Student Driven
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Levels of Laboratory Openness

• Level Problem Ways Means Answers

0 given given given
1 given given open
2   given open open
3 open open open
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4 Traits of Inquiry

• Connect
• Design
• Investigate
• Construct Meaning

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• Inquiry
• Allows Students To
• Question
• Investigate
• Collect Data
• Communicate

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What Is Inquiry?
not?