Inquiry-based science

Philosophy of Education Today’s classrooms are becoming more diverse, “with growing linguistic and cultural diversity in today’s classrooms, as well as different social expectations for education, the teacher preparation process is becoming increasingly demanding and challenging” (Cooper and He, p. 89). In addition, these teacher candidates and teachers themselves need to provide expertise beyond their training, “to provide support in areas beyond content expertise and pedagogical knowledge” (Cooper

Science inquiry and investigation Question: What happens over three weeks when you mix different types of sugar and salt with hot and cold water? Determining experimental variables: Prediction: By the end of the three weeks I believe our crystals will form for all the salt water bottles and not for the sugar water bottles. I think the bottles with the hot water will make bigger crystals. Equipment: • Rock salt • Table salt • Icing sugar • Normal sugar • 8 glass bottles • Hot and cold water

inquisitive. Engaging children in science, along with identifying their understanding and inquiry skills is a vital skill required by educators. Educators who provide children with rich and engaging science exploration, play and investigation during their early years of development are bestowing children with the knowledge and understanding of science and improving their cognitive development (Campbell, Jobling & Howitt, 2015). To engage children in science is best done by finding a child’s interest

minds to math, especially algebra. Algebra is the gateway to higher math like calculus. Why should anyone study mathematics? Calculus prepares students for higher-level sciences, like physics, chemistry, genetics and engineering courses. Calculus is an important and a gateway course to prepare students for higher-level science, engineering and math courses (STEM). Calculus is difficult because all the concepts are abstract and learning these concepts in the traditional ways is always boring to

The objective 1(c)1.(i) was met in this course by the Inquiry and Integrated research papers that were written. The Inquiry paper assisted in meeting this objective by addressing specific theories that helped aid in proof about inquiry teaching. The inquiry paper also assisted in meeting this objective because it discussed different tools of inquiry that researchers discovered teachers would benefit from using inside of the classroom. The Integrated research paper assisted in meeting objective

integration. Vasquez(2013) states, “that combining two or more of the disciplines helps students see the relatedness of the concepts tying together seemingly disjointed blocks of information”(p.22). The yearly pacing of science instruction shapes integration of the four disciplines. Science instruction occurs primarily during the third and fourth quarter. A brief unit on magnetism takes place at the beginning of the second quarter. Additionally, the emphasis on number sense and computation during this

Research is a goal an individual aims to discover, learn, observe, and ultimately write about. It is a practice of pursuing the process of discovering knowledge on a specific topic. I once told someone what I find to be intriguing to me and they also told me what they unearth to be fascinating. They appear to have squandered too much time on the issue, but, I was young then and seem to be new to his universe of knowledge. Their advice was doing a research in order to uncover everything about

What is Scientific Research? Scientific research has been define in many ways based on different point of view of some researchers/ philosophers. However, the term research can be understand as a study to learn or gain new thing or information. According to Cambridge Dictionaries Online, scientific research is defined as a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a (new) understanding. Furthermore, Macmillan Publishers define scientific research as the

knowledge dispensed is an important aspect of the inquiry approach to learning. Inquiry learning ensures that students receive a quality education through carefully scaffolded lessons using investigation and exploration as students pose and answer questions to build and cement personal understandings. This essay will define inquiry learning, and how the implementation of this particular teaching approach

the educational needs of these atypical learners. During the course, I created an application assignment with a teaching tool that meets the needs of a student who struggle in the area of Science. In addition, I implement the lesson with the student and reflect on the experience (see Appendix A- Gummy Bear Science). I chose the atypical learner lesson as an example of my showcase work because it reinforces how to effectively assess a struggling student’s strengths in a subject instead of focusing