Course: Inquiry Based Science Instruction
Description
Are you interested in building inquiry in your science classroom? Are you struggling with helping your students generate curiosities? This module will help you lead an inquiry-based science classroom.
Topics Covered
Knowledge
Are you interested in building inquiry in your science classroom? Are you struggling with helping your students generate curiosities? This module will help you lead an inquiry-based science classroom.
Topics Covered
- The importance of an inquiry-based science class
- How to guide students in asking and answering questions with curiosity
- How to connect natural curiosities to the content and skills required by the curriculum
Knowledge
- Understand why inquiry is viewed as the basis of all real-world scientific research.
- Understand that asking questions may be challenging for students at first.
- Learn how you might teach students how to ask questions regarding new content.
- Learn how to guide students in answering their questions.
- Learn the difference between “testable” and “researchable” questions.
- As science teachers, we have to pull ourselves away from the curriculum standards and help build curiosity within our students and classrooms. We do not have to simply focus on teaching vocabulary and standards, but instead use inquiry as a way for students to come to an understanding about required concepts and skills.