Planning Inquiry Lessons
What is inquiry?
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What is scientific inquiry?
Answer:
Scientific inquiry - Diverse ways in which people/ scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence derived from their observation. Asking and answering questions. Scientific inquiry unpacked with its related processes. Scientific investigation is usually thought of as experimental investigation with controlled variables and manipulated variables in an attempt to eliminate or identify causal variables for the purpose of understanding the natural world. However, scientific investigations can also include ethnographic or descriptive investigations where observations are collected with the purpose of better understanding the properties and interactions of objects, events, or related objects. Another type of investigation is the collection of information to sort and group the information by different properties with the purpose of identifying relationships and defining properties, objects, events, or related objects.
What is inquiry learning?
Answer:
Inquiry learning - Refers to an
instructional model where series of questions are asked of students in a manner that facilitates the development of understanding, skill, and dispositions to become literate in an area of study.
What is an inquiry science lesson?
Answer:
Inquiry science lessons refer to activities where students use scientific inquiry to learn science ideas during a lesson. The lesson usually follows a process where students collect observational information and use it to explain the world. While the complexity of this procedure can vary according to the complexity of an investigation or the ability of the investigator, all scientific investigations have observational evidence as the basis of any explanation. Different procedures for scientific investigations are represented in
different lab forms that are often provided by teachers for investigations.
The teacher and/or student can decide the step or steps of the
investigation. Who makes the decisions is one way of measuring student
empowerment. If the teacher makes all the decisions, it is low student
empowerment and if the student makes all the decisions, it would be
high student empowerment. A mixture of both is required for ultimate
gain (Chart showing types of inquiry lessons from low to high student empowerment <----------> Examples of lessons from low to high student empowerment on the same chart).
Concepts:
Inquiry
Processes, Unified Processes, ...
Rubrics:
Student assessment
Inquiry sample 1 - Inquiry sample 2
Processes
Teacher assessment
Inquiry rubric - observation of students
Inquiry rubric - observation of the environment
Inquiriy rubric - observation of the teacher
Inquiry Activities:
Colored water activity
Air Activity
FOUNDATIONS
A monograph for professionals in science, mathematics, and technology education
Inquiry
Thoughts, Views, and Strategies for the K-5 Classroom
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