INSES Chapter 1 and 2

I liked this article a lot. It showed a lot how the science standards go in line with inquiry based teaching. Personally I like the inquiry based teaching came from a lot of trial and error in the beginning. It was discovered and I like that a lot. Really in the first chapter with the trees example I think that was the best decision that teacher could have made when she decided to roll with it instead of wait until the unit on plants. That's what they call a teachable moment and she seized the day on that one. When kids have the chance to be hands on you have to do that in my opinion. Inquiry based teaching sounds easy but that's not what it is at all. The teacher has to make a lot of effort and help drive the kids in the direction but that really is all the teacher needs to do (besides get background information on the subject so that the students can be driven in the right direction). The students are the ones finding the data and it will be so much more memorable for them if they are getting in there experiencing the work themselves. Finally, I really liked the "engaging from scientific oriented questions." Kids are creating hypotheses and predictions and they are following up on their own predictions from the data they have explored and corrected. As a teacher I get to set it up and oversee (kidwatch) but that's the most important part of my function. Oh, and enjoying them learning!