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Welcome to Island Ecology for
Educators!
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“If we are going to save the environment, then we must save an endangered indicator species:
the child in nature.” ~ Richard Louv
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Science Inquiry Lessons
How Do You Plan for the How Do You Plan for the Inquiry-Based Lessons for the classroom Inquiry-Based Lessons for the classroom
and beyond?and beyond?
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Inquiry Lessons
• Key question: “What do I expect learners to understand and be able to do?”
• Identify central concept and lesson objective
• Doing focuses on developing and using essential science skills and attitudes
• Building the lessons begins with identifying the concept, skills and attitudes
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Standards and Learning Objectives
• State and national standards in science reveal the essential concepts, skills and attitudes
• See links in syllabus.
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Planning for Inquiry
• Learning Cycle Approach:
–Engagement–Exploration–Explanation–Expansion–Evaluation
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ENGAGE
Raise questions and elicit responses from students to give you an idea of what
they already know
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• How can I involve children in thinking like scientists?
• What types of engaging questions can be used to convey a sense of need, urgency and direction for the inquiry?
• How might children’s literature or other lessons motivate the need for or support an inquiry?
Essential Questions for Engagement
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EXPLORE
Opportunities for students to work without direct instruction from the teacher; Students test predictions and try
alternatives
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• What do you want children to learn? (concept)
• What main concept will be explored and later understood?
• What activities must children do to acquire the necessary information?
• How will I stimulate the learners to remain engaged in the processes of inquiry?
Essential Questions forExploration
Essential Questions forExploration
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EXPLAIN
Encourage students to explain concepts in their own words;
Students should use observations and recordings in their explanations;
Ask for evidence and clarification of explanations
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• What information must the students provide?
• How will I help my learners to review or summarize their findings?
• What type of “sentence starter” could I use to help my learners to write an operational definition for the concept?
• Why is the concept important?
Essential Questions forExplanation
Essential Questions forExplanation
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ELABORATE/EXTEND
Apply concepts in new (but similar) situations;
Remind students of alternative explanations and to consider existing
data and evidence as they explore new situations
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• How can the new concept be connected to prior lessons?
• How can I encourage my learners to use the concept in a new situation?, in ways that are important to them?
• What new experiences and concepts will learners need to help them expand on the lesson’s concept?
Essential Questions for
ExtendEssential Questions for
Extend
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EVALUATE
Can take place throughout the lesson; Observe students’ knowledge and skills
application to new concepts and a change in thinking;
Ask open-ended questions and look for answers that use observation, evidence,
and previously accepted explanations
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• What key questions can encourage deeper exploration?
• What questions and types of evaluation tasks can be used to help the learners connect the concept to others?
• How can I help learners to develop and strengthen essential science attitudes?
• Where can I best fit the processes of evaluation throughout the lesson in order to gauge the progress of my learners?
Essential Questions for
EvaluationEssential Questions for
Evaluation
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Expansion phase:Teacher guides student
interactions in order to applyconcept and expand on
ideas and uses of science
Evaluation phase:
Can be formalor informalthroughout
cycle
Handouts…
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Writing Objectives
• Students will be able to…..• KEY: are the objectives measurable?• For guidelines on writing objectives:http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/LP/LP_resources/lesson_objectives.htm
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Examples of science lessons in the 5 E format below and on
sample Island Ecology Webpages:
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/ullrich/webquest/ScienceLesson.html