Inquiry Skills

Today in class we talked about inquiry skills in the class and the whole class did presentations on the them. We as teachers want to develop the students inquiry skills.

We focused on how to properly make a lesson plan for a science class.

Objectives are statements made at the beginning of the lesson. Objective is more involved in the criteria. If you write a good objective they will understand the lesson.

A goal is statement that should be accomplished/learned for the end of the unit/year.

engage

This phase of the 5 E's starts the process. An "engage" activity should do the following:

1. Make connections between past and present learning experiences
2. Anticipate activities and focus students' thinking on the learning outcomes of current activities. Students should become mentally engaged in the concept, process, or skill to be learned.

explore
This phase of the 5 E's provides students with a common base of experiences. They identify and develop concepts, processes, and skills. During this phase, students actively explore their environment or manipulate materials.

explain
This phase of the 5 E's helps students explain the concepts they have been exploring. They have opportunities to verbalize their conceptual understanding or to demonstrate new skills or behaviors. This phase also provides opportunities for teachers to introduce formal terms, definitions, and explanations for concepts, processes, skills, or behaviors.

elaborate
This phase of the 5 E's extends students' conceptual understanding and allows them to practice skills and behaviors. Through new experiences, the learners develop deeper and broader understanding of major concepts, obtain more information about areas of interest, and refine their skills.
evaluate
This phase of the 5 E's encourages learners to assess their understanding and abilities and lets teachers evaluate students' understanding of key concepts and skill development.