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teacher’s goal is to to introduce students to the experience of conducting investigations; or to
have students practice a specific inquiry skill.

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Questions begin with "I wonder..."

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question and procedure provided

student explain by data collection

low level inquiry

help students develop their ability to conduct more open-ended inquiry

Colored Clouds

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/Lessons/Lesson.asp?ID=2565
this site has many inquiry science lessons

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Example: Sink or Float activity
- Students record items and make predictions

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Highest level of inquiry
Purest opportunity to act like scientist
Requires the most scientific reasoning and greatest cognitive demand

Students investigate questions that are student formulated through student

designed/selected procedures

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usually used to reinforce an idea that was previously introduced

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Students facilitate learning by asking questions to further the lesson

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Students encouraged to work together towards making connections on their own/without the teacher

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Katie
Lindsey
Jordan
Victoria

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Student created procedures
Inquiry builds off student observations/questions

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Students confirm a principle through an activity when the results are known in advance.

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Provided with Question and procedure

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Need for Open Inquiry: focus question, prediction, detailed plans, and how they will collect data

Higher grades are more likely to succeed with this level of inquiry; need to master lower levels before Open Inquiry

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Kimberly

Students are given a question by the teacher and then students design the procedure

"3rd level of inquiry”

More involved than structured inquiry - most successful when students have multiple opportunities to learn and practice many ways to experiment and collect data

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students investigate a teacher centered question through a prescribed procedure

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STEM Fair is an example of open inquiry

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Helicopter experiment. Students follow the directions for making helicopters fall in order to show how helicopters with different wing lengths fall differently based on air resistance

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Student centered

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The teacher takes on the role of the classroom coach
Reminds students of how to act during the lesson/assignment
Clarify the directons
https://www.smore.com/r4xtr-structured-inquiry This website provides a comprehensive list of the teachers purpose during structured inquiry