Group 4: Inquiry

Group 4: Results of Climate Change and Wild Weather: Inquiry Lesson

The teachers did a great job on their inquiry lesson. The students enjoyed the projects the teachers created. Below are my comments on the lesson and the different parts of the lesson.

Parts of the lesson	What did the teacher do? How was the inquiry process facilitated?	My comments
Engage/Introduction Did teacher pre-assess content and inquiry skills? How was the problem introduced?	Powtoon introducing the topic of the lesson and what the student will need to create	-Was quickly explained to the students, maybe could have slowed it down
Explore/Development How were the directions to solving the problem introduced? Did the teacher model the inquiry process? Were the guiding materials provided to support students’ staying on task?	-Climate change and wild weather research sheet, creating an article with pictures, information, and a fun fact	-I did not like when one of the teachers said: “If they come out good enough, ill send them over” -More positive words for the students, not everyone is an artist or the best writer and should encourage everyone -No use of the scientific method
Explain How students were encouraged to explain their educational guesses? Was a template provided?	-Explained to the students what was required from them and went over the rubrics and the grading system	-Did this part it a little too quick but I do understand that you wanted to get to the point of the lesson and allow enough time for everything
Evaluate/Closure Did the teacher encourage students: 1. To present the results of their investigation 2. To share Metacognitive reflections (students explain how they came to the conclusions providing evidence to their statements).	-Students had to create an article cover and have information on it about the topic -Was able to see the students articles and they presented their information to the class	-A rubric was given for the expectations to receive the highest grades. -Websites were given to the students to research and find information -Each teacher circled around the room and met with students -I felt the research process for the students was slightly rushed
Elaborate/ Independent practice (Another challenge to work on! encouraging students to further learning of the topic)	-Create a tweet to promote their article	-It was a fun way to present information -Created a twitter page prior and the students presented their tweet on that