Transcript DEBRA QUINTERO ARMADA MASTER TEACHER 2004 SAINT LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL PORT ST.

DEBRA QUINTERO
ARMADA MASTER TEACHER 2004
SAINT LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL
“Tell me and I forget,
Show me and I remember,
Involve me and I understand.”
-Old Proverb
Inquiry teaching allows students’ questions and
curiosities to drive the curriculum.
Students are actively seeking solutions,
designing investigations, and asking questions.
Inquiry is not so much seeking the right answer,
but rather seeking the appropriate resolution to
questions and issues.
Working with the ARMADA Project
Building an armada of scientists, teachers,
and students sailing toward a common vision ...
3 Different Forms of
Inquiry:
STRUCTURED
INQUIRY
GUIDED
INQUIRY
The teacher gives
the students a
problem to solve
and gives them
what method to
use. She does not
tell them the
desired outcome.
The teacher
provides the
students only with
the materials and
the problem they
have to solve.
Students have to
develop their own
methods.
OPEN
INQUIRY
The students
formulate their own
problem to
investigate and
then determine the
method to solve it.
4 Traits of Inquiry:
CONNECTING
DESIGNING
INVESTIGATING
CONSTRUCTING
MEANING
Develops habits
of mind such as
curiosity & the
linking of their
observations to
previous
understandings.
Develops habits
of mind such as
consistency &
attention to
detail.
Develops habits
of mind such as
recognizing
results & the
value of data.
Develops habits
of mind such as
critical thinking
&
communication.
The success of your inquiry
classroom comes from a shift in
your role from the “sage on the
stage” to the “guide on the side.”
The process of inquiring begins
with gathering information & data
through the human senses- seeing,
hearing, touching, tasting, &
smelling.
Additional Resources
For more information on
the ARMADA Project visit:
http://www.armadaproject.org/
For more information on
Inquiry science visit:
www. thesciencecenter.org/
www.justsciencenow.com