Inquiry… what it is … and what it isn’t!

• 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

In inquiry-based teaching,

is it ever okay

to tell students

the answers to their questions?

…is it?

Should a teacher ever say "no"

to an investigation

that students propose themselves?

yes?…no?

Is it more important for students to learn the abilities of scientific

inquiry

or

scientific concepts and principles?

…which?

How can students

do a science investigation

before they have learned

the vocabulary words

with which to describe the results?

…how?

Do the Standards imply

that teachers should use

inquiry

in every lesson?

…do they?

How can teachers cover everything in the curriculum

if they use inquiry-oriented materials and teaching

methods?

…how?

How much structure and freedom

should teachers provide

in inquiry-oriented science lessons?

…how much?

How can teachers

use inquiry and maintain control

of their students?

…how?

How much do teachers need to know about inquiry

and about science subject matter

to teach science through inquiry?

…how much?

What can teachers do

who are provided only

traditional instructional materials?

…what to do?

Where can teachers get

the equipment, materials, and supplies they need

to teach through inquiry?

…where?

Where can teacher educators

obtain inquiry-oriented programs

to use in preparing teachers?

…where?

What barriers are encountered

when implementing

inquiry-oriented approaches?

…what?

How can teachers

improve their use of inquiry

in science teaching?

…how?

Why did the Standards

choose to leave out the science process skills such as

observing, classifying, predicting, and hypothesizing?

…why?

Student Driven

Structured

Guided

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

4 Traits of Inquiry

• Connect • Design• Investigate• Construct Meaning

Inquiry Allows Students To

•Question

•Investigate

•Collect Data

•Communicate

What Is Inquiry…?

…not?