SCIENTIFIC INQUIRYJamie Kastner

6th Grade Math and Science Teacher

What is inquiry? For the student

Hands on activities Scientific investigation Discovery learning Student asks question, investigates, and

reports For the teacher

Get them wondering Facilitator Guide students by asking questions

Tell me more about that Never answer questions!!!

Types of InquiryLearning

CycleStructured Guided Open

Formulates Question

Student Teacher Teacher Student

Sets Procedure

Teacher Teacher Teacher Student

Provides Materials

Teacher Teacher Teacher Student

Investigates Student Student Student Student

Reports Discovery

Student and Teacher

Student and Teacher

Student Student

Science Journals

5 E Model Engage Explore Explain Elaborate Extend

Students make it their own, record their own findings

Let’s do Inquiry!

Engage

Howdid

Idothat???

Ask a Question

What do we know?What do we want to know?

Engage

InvestigateHow can we answer our question?

I wonder if we did this…what would happen?

Record Data

Explore

Analyze & Share

ResultsWhat did we find out?

What can this help us to understand?

Explore

Direct teaching to answer the why and how questions

Explain

Evaluate/Extend Students ask other questions on the

same topic to cycle the learning Assess students understanding Students elate to the real-world

Inquiry

What type of inquiry was that lesson?

How could we make it another type of inquiry?

Implementation

Need to teach students how to be scientists Ask questions, observe (using the senses),

collect data, find evidence, share results Need to teach them the nature of science

Gaining and understanding of the natural world Science is based on evidence Old ideas are replaced with new ideas when

new evidence is conducted

Sample Lesson 1

Sample Lesson 2

Sample Lesson 3

Wiki for Resources

http://inquiry-in-action.wikispaces.com/