Learning+through+Inquiry

This strategy allows students to base science discoveries on their own research questions.
 * Content **

This strategy can be used in all grade levels.
 * Grade Level **


 * Curriculum Standards **

SC.O.8.1.4, SC.O.9.1.4, SC.O.10.1.4 (and many others): conduct and/or design investigations that incorporate the skills and attitudes and/or values of scientific //inquiry //  (e.g., established research protocol, accurate record keeping, replication of results and peer review, objectivity, openness, skepticism, fairness, or creativity and logic).


 * Description of Practices **

During this strategy, students will do the following: ü Identify and consider questions that can be answered through inquiry ü Define and analyze properly the question to be solved and identify its relevant aspects ü Gather bibliographic information to be used as evidence ü Develop explanations to set out question, from evidence ü <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Think about everyday problems and display relevant historical aspects ü <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Design and conduct a scientific investigation ü <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Communicate by means argumentation what has been learned through inquiry <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">(Espinosa-Bueno, Labastida-Pina, Padilla-Martinez, & Garritz, 2011)


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Implementation Considerations **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Before having students engage in this activity, be sure to explain the importance of completing all of the steps. The students will need to engage in a lot of research, taking notes, and reflecting on what they have learned to communicate it with their classmates.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The following example is of a program called Inquiries in Science that has students interact in four stages: engage, explore, explain, and extend. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtgvbF0ieVo
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Example **


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Citation **

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Espinosa-Bueno, J., Labastida-Pina, D., Padilla-Martinez, K., & Garritz, A. (2011). Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Inquiry: An Instrument to Assess It and Its Application to High School In-Service Science Teachers.