Brandon Combs (Senior Representative), and I have been diligently working with community leaders to accomplish our goals for 2017. Thus far we have accomplished holding a meeting with Teleworks manager Carla Gabbard, and discussed the possibility of her coming and speaking to junior and seniors at Owsley County High School who may be interested in…Read More

The videos and articles reinforced my thoughts of inquiry as the process we go through to make meaning of the phenomena we encounter in the world around us. Learning is so much more meaningful as we engage ourselves by asking questions, investigating solutions, creating new knowledge as we gather information, discussing our discoveries and…Read More

Post-Reading — Through the videos and the articles I felt that my basic understanding of inquiry which is to ask questions and discover answers started to be transformed and developed. I really enjoyed the lines of inquiry in the second video. The lines of inquiry were teacher created to keep students focused on discovering answers that pertained…Read More

My pre-reading perspective of inquiry is that it is a necessary part of education and a natural part of students. People are naturally inclined to ask questions and are have the desire to learn more and to solve problems. Students are even more inclined as their brains are still developing and their minds are being continuously molded on a daily…Read More

I’ve enjoyed reading everyones’ responses to the articles and videos. I felt the same constraints by feeling the need to teach science by using the scientific method and following a rigid step-by-step process. By using our NGSS standards along with the inquiry method, I can really find out my students understandings and misconceptions. Inquiry…Read More