(4) i-STEM Wk1 Breakout: Realistic Strategies for Inquiry-Based Learning in the Classroom by Francesca Bessey https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl This is a breakout to share and discuss realistic strategies, resources, and best practices for inquiry-based learning in the classroom. Check out the discussion prompts below. Use this Padlet board to add links, photos, videos & other media as inspiration for your group’s discussion and to capture ideas shared during the discussion. en-us 2021-06-17 03:25:26 UTC 2026-02-01 16:43:13 UTC hello@padlet.com fbessey https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1611402667 According to Exploratorium, inquiry is an approach to learning that involves a process of exploring the natural or material world, and that leads to asking questions, making discoveries, and testing those discoveries in the search for new understanding. Read on for more details on the inquiry process. ]]> 2021-06-17 03:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1611402667 fbessey https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1611402670 This 5-pages document explains how Inquiry through Provocación lessons can support students to develop their understanding of a concept individually and collaboratively, and this lesson structure can be used as students are learning new concepts or processes or integrating new ideas into an existing model. ]]> 2021-06-17 03:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1611402670 fbessey https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1611402673 There are four types of student inquiry: Structured Inquiry, Controlled Inquiry, Guided Inquiry, and Free Inquiry. ]]> 2021-06-17 03:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1611402673 Inquiry-based is not a free for all. It's important to have a framework and guiding questions for students to build from. https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1612509552 2021-06-17 15:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1612509552 Kids are naturally curious. They naturally inquire. Schools tend to "beat" that out of them and then teachers who want to do inquiry-based lessons have to pull it out of them. Let students be inquisitive from day 1 and keep it going! https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1612510701 2021-06-17 15:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1612510701 One of the challenges I have had is, students are afraid of being wrong, especially in mathematics and especially in middle school! One thing that helps me and my students is giving them tasks where there is no wrong answer and all thoughts and answers are correct/valid. Which One Doesn't Belong is helpful (wodb.com). Number talks are also excellent and there are many that can be found on the internet. There is a book too, Making Number Talks Matter by Cathy Humphreys. https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1612512915 2021-06-17 15:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1612512915 One challenge I have had is time. Admin tends to focus on math and reading, so sometimes science gets put on the back burner. https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1612513712 2021-06-17 15:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/fbessey/zmgb8a88u0xo5hrl/wish/1612513712