Inquiry staff presentation

The IB encompasses inquiry as its pedagogical approach. We

are an IB school.

Provocation

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1JWr4G8YLM

What did you see?

What did you think?

What did you wonder?

Share

Blob it time!

What do you think inquiry is?

Write your own definitionin your booklet…

The 3 Es During the 3 inquiry focus sessions find

EXAMPLES, EXPLANATIONS

& EVIDENCE to support our claim inquiry is

constructivist.

Inquiry is CONSTRUCTIVIST

What questions do you have about inquiry?

Write down your questions, fears and hopes.

Every ? receives a prize!

Personal Inquiry

Inquiry - FruitWhat would happen if you placed an apple in a tub of water?

Gathering prior knowledge: What do you already know about this situation that could help you answer your question?

Think, Pair and Share to discuss your predictions.

Raise your own:

What if?I wonder?

Think Pair

Share

The Inquiry Cycle

Inquisition- What if or I wonder questions to be investigatedAcquisition- brainstorming possible ideas Supposition- identifying an ‘I think’ statementImplementation- designing a plan Summation- collecting evidence and making conclusionsExhibition- sharing an communicating outcomes

Inquiry is a process of exploration which is guided by personal

interest or question.

What does this mean? Turn and Talk

Activity: Fruit

Reflection:

I used to think …

Now I think …Write on 3e’s page.

What is inquiry learning? Write your definition of inquiry and place it in the time capsule to revisit later in your journey.