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All students were working together in cohesive groups

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makes the subject relate to their lives in an exciting way

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Asking questions and then making sure they are being followed up

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Hook the kids in.

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Asking questions prior to starting lesson/activity

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Kids doing hands on activities such as a lab with tadpoles

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Hands on experiments

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Working together, hands on learning process

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Hooks the students on the topic at hand. Gives the student a reason to care and be curious about

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Make it open ended

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Hands on activities in a lab based curriculum

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lots of collaborative hands on work

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students are explaining, not the teacher

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students are explaining, not the teacher

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Relevance to the students' lives, and a connection to their prior learning, is important.

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Doing labs in groups.

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Students show their understanding being able to communicate it back?

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applies to real life challenges

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Students were talking to each other and explaining the concepts.

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Importance of student buy in and connection

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Importance of student buy in and connection

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hands on with material world

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The teacher had a laminated card and asked questions one on one with her student.

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Usually a hands-on experience, or simulation if hands-on is not possible. Allows students to use their curiosity to examine and investigate (mostly) freely, within safety parameters.

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What other problems can they apply their learning to

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teacher circulates one on one to explain as needed

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inquiry based labs

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Can it apply to other subjects

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Here is where you look around and put ideas together.

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The lab fostered connections between former and new information 

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The lab fostered connections between former and new information 

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The lab provided opportunities to apply knowledge.

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can this include assessment (teacher evaluation of students?)

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can this include assessment (teacher evaluation of students?)

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Although students can read and write, they need to make sure they can explain what they are writing about.

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Open ended evaluation and questions

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application of new knowledge to a related problem

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application of new knowledge to a related problem

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You have 15 seconds to grab their attention.  Make the most of your 15 seconds with a good hook

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You have 15 seconds to grab their attention.  Make the most of your 15 seconds with a good hook

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We want the students to do the explaining, but we also want to help them form and develop their ideas.

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The students engaged in hands on experiments, sloshing water all over the place.

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students can use their lab sheets to record and then give conclusions.

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we see connections with other areas of inquiry

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What are related problems that can be explored?

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What are related problems that can be explored?

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students use this time to discuss what they saw during explore and what they think it means. They are able to discuss with other students and the teacher can guide as needed.

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Examine methodology and validity of conclusions.

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Examine methodology and validity of conclusions.

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is the experiment successful

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Students teams can be set up to increase student understanding. Working with student independent strengths and weaknesses can increase student participation.

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Teachers help the students understand what just happened.

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Here we move forward with another connection -- a longer reach

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What does this connect to on the bigger picture? Can also be used to connect to other concepts

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Students can be assessed in different ways. Everyone can demonstrate their knowledge in some way, may not have to be assessed through an exam/assessment.

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Depending on the topic/subject, this could be students evaluating their understanding, and how it connects to the understanding of others.