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Designing The Learning Environment
Inquiry learning vs. content coverage
Curricular Content-Driven
Curricular Question/Problem Driven
Inquiry Focus Content Focus
What would you add?
TOPICS WORTH TEACHING…
Lie at the heart of the discipline.
Have applications and value beyond the
classroom.
May require uncoverage (topics vulnerable to
misunderstanding and misconception)
Offer potential for engaging the students. Wiggins and McTighe, Understanding by Design, 2005
Start with H.E.A.T.
Build a Framework
Stage 1 of Inquiry
IMMERSE
Invite Curiosity Build Background
Find Topics Wonder
Stage 2 of Inquiry
INVESTIGATE
Develop Questions Search for Info
Discover Answers
The Future: The Year 2050Louie (transportation)Shai Rae (technology)
Nathan (cloning)Ilse (technology)
Javier (cars, green building)
Stage 3 of Inquiry
COALESCE
Intensify Research Synthesize Info
Build Knowledge
Christy interviewing a fashion designer.
Stage 4 of Inquiry
GO PUBLIC
Share Learning Demonstrate
Take Action
Science standards – sixth grade
Weather and Climate5. Understand factors that create and influence weather, including:
Heat, air movement, pressure, humidity, oceans How clouds form by condensation of water vapor How weather patterns are related to atmospheric pressure Global patterns of atmospheric movement (e.g., El Nino)
6. Understand factors that can impact Earth’s climate (e.g., volcanic eruptions, impacts of asteroids, glaciers).
QUESTIONS?