Welcome to the Big Shoulders Fund Literacy-Inquiry Teaching Workshop.
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Welcome to the Big Shoulders Fund
Literacy-Inquiry Teaching Workshop
Rocket Challange1. Build a rocket system
2. Adjust variables until the rocket reaches “outer space” (One meter)
3. The team that reaches outer space with the most valuable
payload, WINS!
No one in the classroom learns more
than the individual teaching the class
for the first time.
Teaching and learning are not synonymous.
We can teach, and teach well,without having students learn.
Knowledge is seldom transferred intact from the mind of the teacher
to the mind of the student.
Useful knowledge is never transferred intact.
Knowledge is CONSTRUCTEDin the mind of the learner.
Mother : Daughter :: Father : ___
Cousin Uncle Son Aunt
Ruby : Emerald :: Tomato : ___
Rose Onion Peach Lettuce
OK : KS :: PA : ___
CT NY AZ WV
Inductile : Indomitable :: Sejant : _____
Reticent Remarkable Sojourning Sitting
I can’t teach ______You may be able to.
My goal is not to teach_____;My goal is to facilitate learning.
ObservationProblemHypothesis
ExperimentConclusion
Prediction
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you
have.
CLASS MOTTO
The best way to get a good idea
is to get a lot of ideas.
I Discover
I Think
I Try
I Record
I Wonder
I ObserveObservation
Problem
Hypothesis
Experiment
Conclusion
DoingInquiry
ObservationProblemHypothesis
ExperimentConclusion
Prediction
Which one is LEAST like the other four ?
Artist
Golfer
Dancer
Newscaster
Mechanic
Remembering
Remembering is pulling facts out of your file cabinet.
Remembering
The names of seven states in the United States contain the consecutive letters “AS”
Remember them.
Remembering
The names of six states in the United States contain the consecutive letters “IS”
Remember them.
Thinking
Thinking involves building a new construction from facts that are already in your file cabinet.
Finish the Sequence
Know What Your Objective Is
The art of becoming wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
• William James, Psychologist
I’d rather know some of the questions than all of the answers.
• James Thurber, Humorist
What comes next in this sequence ?
BLUE : STRAW :: RASP : ______
YELLOW HAY BLACK BERRY
Write a secret number 1 - 9Circle the number so you don’t forget the number.
Multiply your secret number by 3
Add one to this product
Multiply this sum by 3
Add your secret number to this product
Assigning Pennies
Place a penny on any number on the star.You must move the penny in a straight line,two numbers.
The object of this problem is to get as many pennieson the star as possible.
You may jump a penny as long as you start on an empty number and end on an empty number.
Finish the Sequence
WHICH ONE DOES NOT BELONG ?
difference
product
quotient
addend
sum