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Inservice
Focuses on Inquiry-Based Science
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 Teachers must develop their own procedures before doing the activity. |
The Forks Middle School library is all set for inquiring into…literacy and science!  |
On January 13, forty-one teachers from the Quillayute Valley, Crescent, and Lake Quinault School Districts got together to learn more about teaching inquiry- based science and what to expect on the science WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning). Learning to let students’ own questions drive the investigations they do, teachers practiced how to do an inquiry science investigation. They practiced a Loop the Loop activity to learn how an accurate and reliable investigation should be done. Given the investigative question “How high does a marble need to be up a ramp, as measured from the floor, in order to make it around a 10-cm loop?” teachers developed their own procedures and materials, collected data, and used that data to answer their investigative question. Teachers in grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 in the Quillayute Valley School District are also participating in a Toyota Tapestry Grant called “Inquiring into Literacy”, and the training was part of this grant project. |
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Once procedures are done, teachers exchange with another group to see if they can follow their colleague’s procedures. Interesting set-ups were made, and most everyone learned what true inquiry requires: patience and time! | ||||
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