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Inquiry… what it is … and what it isn’t!
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• 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
A Day of Inquiry
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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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Student Driven
Structured
Guided
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Levels of
Laboratory Openness
Level Problem Ways & Means Answers
1 given given open
2 given open open
0 given given given
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?