Additional Resources to check out:
IQ: A Practical Guide to Inquiry-Based Learning
Jennifer Watt and Jill Colver
This was our bible when we were planning our project. Filled with easy to read definitions, diagrams, and examples of how inquiry will work in the classroom, we highly recommend that you check out this resource.
Keep in mind that it is based on Junior and Intermediate grades, but the ideas can be adapted for younger students.
Jennifer Watt and Jill Colver
This was our bible when we were planning our project. Filled with easy to read definitions, diagrams, and examples of how inquiry will work in the classroom, we highly recommend that you check out this resource.
Keep in mind that it is based on Junior and Intermediate grades, but the ideas can be adapted for younger students.
Natural Curiosity: A Resource for Teachers
University of Toronto
This resource is based on Environmental Inquiry, and how to bring inquiry based learning to your students in the classroom. This book aims to make students more environmentally aware and conscious of how our actions effect the world around us by engaging their natural curiosity.
The easiest way to have a look at this wonderful resource is through their website:
http://www.naturalcuriosity.ca/aboutus.php?m=b
University of Toronto
This resource is based on Environmental Inquiry, and how to bring inquiry based learning to your students in the classroom. This book aims to make students more environmentally aware and conscious of how our actions effect the world around us by engaging their natural curiosity.
The easiest way to have a look at this wonderful resource is through their website:
http://www.naturalcuriosity.ca/aboutus.php?m=b
Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions
Dan Rothestein and Luz Santana
This book was a quick, easy read that has some great ideas about how to get your students to ask more questions. The Question Formulation Technique is adaptable to any classroom and the steps that the authors use to refine and evaluate questions that students create is easy to follow/make work for you.
If your students are having trouble with asking questions, check out this great resource:
http://rightquestion.org/make-just-one-change/