Inquiry in the Science Classroom.ppt

Inquiry in the Science Classroom: The E2020 Program “Learning science is something that students do, not something that is done to them.” (NRC, 1996) Inquiry Inquiry-based learning in the science classroom takes advantage of students’ innate curiosity Students are encouraged to devise their own experiments to test their scientific questions Students are given chances to refine and repeat their experiments Elements of Inquiry Observation Questioning Experimental Design Data Collection Data Analysis Repeating Reporting/Peer Review Research Goals Devise instruments to quantify level of inquiry