Project Overview
password-protected Participant Resources
Program Goals
Pedagogical Topics for GK-12 Fellow Training
Marine and Environmental Science Topics for Teacher Training
School District Commitments
K-12 Scientific Inquiry: Inquiry-Based Instruction
Fellows Create K-12 Classroom Activities
Classroom Model for Introducing Scientific Concepts
Science in the Field: the Constructivist Model
Project Coastal Field Sites
Application

K-12 Scientific Inquiry

Characteristics of Inquiry-Based Instruction
  • Teachers create situations for students to solve problems.
  • Students make connections to previous knowledge.
  • Students bring their own questions to learning.
  • Students investigate to satisfy their own questions.
  • Students design a way to try out their own ideas.
  • Investigations may extend over a long period of time.
  • Students communicate through journal writing, oral presentations, drawing, graphing, charting, etc.
  • Students revise explanations as they learn.


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