Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects
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Description
Engage students in object-based inquiry to encourage them to become more observant, inquisitive, and reflective!
Object-based inquiry is a tested method that enhances the skills of the student, as well as the instructor, by engaging students in hands-on studies of everyday objects, raising their curiosity and enthusiasm for the learning process. Hands-on instructional strategies foster active learning, allowing students to investigate essential questions, while at the same time meeting curriculum standards and creating a profoundly new learning experience. In this exciting new book, educators and authors Amy Edmonds Alvarado and Patricia R. Herr explore the concept of using everyday objects as a process initiated both by students and teachers, encouraging growth in student observation, inquisitiveness, and reflection in learning.
Essential focal points of this teaching resource include:
- Concept and theory
- Getting started and gathering collections of different objects
- Lesson planning and student grouping
- Formative and summative assessments
- Sample lesson plans for language arts, science, social studies, and math
Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects is a practical guide that will promote change in both teaching and thinking. It is a tool that all educators should add to their existing repertoire of teaching methods.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Dedication
Dedication
Introduction: Welcome to Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects (Object-Based Inquiry)
Introduction: Welcome to Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects (Object-Based Inquiry)
Part I. Object-Based Learning
- 1. What Is Object-Based Inquiry?
- The Reality of Object-Based Learning
- Why Use Object-Based Inquiry?
- Time to Begin Your Journey
- 2. How Do I Gather Collections?
- Getting Started
- Expanding Your Collection
- Storing Your Collections
- 3. How Do I Get Started?
- Planning the Classroom
- Grouping Your Students
- Planning Your Lessons
- Avoiding the Pitfalls
- Benefits
- Roles of the Teacher and Students
- 4. Where Do I Start With Planning?
- Things to Consider
- Step One: Developing Essential Understandings
- Step Two: Identifying Specific Objectives
- Step Three: Locating the Objects
- Step Four: Question Development
- Conclusion
- 5. How Do I Assess?
- Formative Assessment
- Summative Assessment
Part II. Lesson Plans
- 6. Language Lesson Plans
- Why Do Tigers Have Stripes?
- What Makes a Poem Perfect?
- She Sells Sea Shells
- What's Your Fantasy?
- 7. Science Lesson Plans
- Zone Home
- Birds of a Feather
- Whose Track Is That?
- Science Rocks
- 8. Social Studies Lesson Plans
- I'm a Mystery: What's My History
- Can You Dig History?
- Where in America Are You?
- Flower Power
- 9. Math Lesson Plans
- Measuring Madness
- Architectural Geometry
- What's For Dinner?
- What Part of Fractions Is Difficult?
Glossary
Glossary
Index
Index
Description
Engage students in object-based inquiry to encourage them to become more observant, inquisitive, and reflective!
Object-based inquiry is a tested method that enhances the skills of the student, as well as the instructor, by engaging students in hands-on studies of everyday objects, raising their curiosity and enthusiasm for the learning process. Hands-on instructional strategies foster active learning, allowing students to investigate essential questions, while at the same time meeting curriculum standards and creating a profoundly new learning experience. In this exciting new book, educators and authors Amy Edmonds Alvarado and Patricia R. Herr explore the concept of using everyday objects as a process initiated both by students and teachers, encouraging growth in student observation, inquisitiveness, and reflection in learning.
Essential focal points of this teaching resource include:
- Concept and theory
- Getting started and gathering collections of different objects
- Lesson planning and student grouping
- Formative and summative assessments
- Sample lesson plans for language arts, science, social studies, and math
Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects is a practical guide that will promote change in both teaching and thinking. It is a tool that all educators should add to their existing repertoire of teaching methods.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Dedication
Dedication
Introduction: Welcome to Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects (Object-Based Inquiry)
Introduction: Welcome to Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects (Object-Based Inquiry)
Part I. Object-Based Learning
- 1. What Is Object-Based Inquiry?
- The Reality of Object-Based Learning
- Why Use Object-Based Inquiry?
- Time to Begin Your Journey
- 2. How Do I Gather Collections?
- Getting Started
- Expanding Your Collection
- Storing Your Collections
- 3. How Do I Get Started?
- Planning the Classroom
- Grouping Your Students
- Planning Your Lessons
- Avoiding the Pitfalls
- Benefits
- Roles of the Teacher and Students
- 4. Where Do I Start With Planning?
- Things to Consider
- Step One: Developing Essential Understandings
- Step Two: Identifying Specific Objectives
- Step Three: Locating the Objects
- Step Four: Question Development
- Conclusion
- 5. How Do I Assess?
- Formative Assessment
- Summative Assessment
Part II. Lesson Plans
- 6. Language Lesson Plans
- Why Do Tigers Have Stripes?
- What Makes a Poem Perfect?
- She Sells Sea Shells
- What's Your Fantasy?
- 7. Science Lesson Plans
- Zone Home
- Birds of a Feather
- Whose Track Is That?
- Science Rocks
- 8. Social Studies Lesson Plans
- I'm a Mystery: What's My History
- Can You Dig History?
- Where in America Are You?
- Flower Power
- 9. Math Lesson Plans
- Measuring Madness
- Architectural Geometry
- What's For Dinner?
- What Part of Fractions Is Difficult?
Glossary
Glossary
Index
Index
Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects
Hands-On Instructional Strategies That Promote Active Learning in Grades 3-8
April 2003 | 216 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/01/2025 | 9780761946809 | $41.95 |
Engage students in object-based inquiry to encourage them to become more observant, inquisitive, and reflective!
Object-based inquiry is a tested method that enhances the skills of the student, as well as the instructor, by engaging students in hands-on studies of everyday objects, raising their curiosity and enthusiasm for the learning process. Hands-on instructional strategies foster active learning, allowing students to investigate essential questions, while at the same time meeting curriculum standards and creating a profoundly new learning experience. In this exciting new book, educators and authors Amy Edmonds Alvarado and Patricia R. Herr explore the concept of using everyday objects as a process initiated both by students and teachers, encouraging growth in student observation, inquisitiveness, and reflection in learning.
Essential focal points of this teaching resource include:
- Concept and theory
- Getting started and gathering collections of different objects
- Lesson planning and student grouping
- Formative and summative assessments
- Sample lesson plans for language arts, science, social studies, and math
Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects is a practical guide that will promote change in both teaching and thinking. It is a tool that all educators should add to their existing repertoire of teaching methods.
Table Of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Dedication
- Introduction: Welcome to Inquiry-Based Learning Using Everyday Objects (Object-Based Inquiry)
- Part I. Object-Based Learning
- 1. What Is Object-Based Inquiry?
- The Reality of Object-Based Learning
- Why Use Object-Based Inquiry?
- Time to Begin Your Journey
- 2. How Do I Gather Collections?
- Getting Started
- Expanding Your Collection
- Storing Your Collections
- 3. How Do I Get Started?
- Planning the Classroom
- Grouping Your Students
- Planning Your Lessons
- Avoiding the Pitfalls
- Benefits
- Roles of the Teacher and Students
- 4. Where Do I Start With Planning?
- Things to Consider
- Step One: Developing Essential Understandings
- Step Two: Identifying Specific Objectives
- Step Three: Locating the Objects
- Step Four: Question Development
- Conclusion
- 5. How Do I Assess?
- Formative Assessment
- Summative Assessment
- Part II. Lesson Plans
- 6. Language Lesson Plans
- Why Do Tigers Have Stripes?
- What Makes a Poem Perfect?
- She Sells Sea Shells
- What's Your Fantasy?
- 7. Science Lesson Plans
- Zone Home
- Birds of a Feather
- Whose Track Is That?
- Science Rocks
- 8. Social Studies Lesson Plans
- I'm a Mystery: What's My History
- Can You Dig History?
- Where in America Are You?
- Flower Power
- 9. Math Lesson Plans
- Measuring Madness
- Architectural Geometry
- What's For Dinner?
- What Part of Fractions Is Difficult?
- Glossary
- Index