Inquiry

1. Structured Inquriy

1.1. The teacher establishes parameters and procedures for inquiry.

1.2. Students are given problem

1.3. Students are given procedures

2. Virtual Tours/Games/Galleries

2.1. Structured Inquiry

2.2. BBC-http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/

2.3. These are very informative and educational, but they would be a great way for my students that were done early with assignments or tests to spend extra time.

3. Guided Inquiry

3.1. The teacher provides the problem for investigation as well as the necessary materials.

3.1.1. Project specifications

3.1.2. End User requirements

3.1.3. Action points sign-off

3.2. Students are expected to devise their own procedure to solve the problem.

3.2.1. Define actions as necessary

4. Student-Led Inquiry

4.1. Also known as, Open Inquiry

4.2. Students choose their own problem.

4.3. Students determine their own procedures

5. WebQuest

5.1. Structured Inquiry

5.1.1. Materials

5.1.2. Personel

5.1.3. Services

5.1.4. Duration

5.2. The Dust Bowl

5.3. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/t2arp/quest/dustbowl/dust.html

5.4. This would be a great WebQuest to let my students do to introduce them to WebQuests. It would not take them very long, but has a lot of information and reliable sites.

6. Greenway Schools Knoxville, TN

6.1. Guided Inquiry- Project Based

6.2. http://greenwayschool.edu/curriculum/problem-based-learningguided-inquiry/

6.3. Project-Based Learning classes are critical thinking labs, where possible solutions to a real-world problem are evaluated over a period of 8 weeks. PBLs are required courses for all students, in addition to their regular academic classes.

6.4. Something that I am definitely going to share with my administrators when we go back to school!

7. Online Polls

7.1. Student- Led

7.2. https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/online-polls/

7.3. Students can set up online surveys to get answers to questions that might be in their problem.