After watching the videos and reading through the articles I found myself reflecting over my own teaching habits. The past 2 years I have dove into the NGSS. Inquiry based learning really is the only way to even approach those standards. However, I found that I am still falling short of allowing them to come up with the questions. In the…[Read more]

Inquiry, in my opinion, is the want to learn more. In other words, it is what we question. Today’s Science class is supposed to be based around phenomena. So our kids are suppose to inquire as to why something is happening. The 5-E model in Science quickly comes to my mind. The first E is to Engage. This is when we use the beginning of a lesson t…[Read more]