INQUIRY-BASED LAB INSTRUCTION

In inquiry-based labs, students “engage in many of the same activities and thinking processes as scientists.” National Research Council (2000) Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning.

Ask questions Propose hypotheses and models Design, carry out, and analyze studies to evaluate hypotheses and models Communicate results and interpretations Revise results and interpretations in response to critiques What do scientists do?

ELEMENTS OF INQUIRY Illustrator: Zane Ricks

ELEMENTS OF INQUIRY OBSERVING QUESTIONING

ELEMENTS OF INQUIRY OBSERVING QUESTIONING DESIGNING EXPERIMENTS

ELEMENTS OF INQUIRY OBSERVING QUESTIONING DESIGNING EXPERIMENTS COLLECTI NG DATA

ELEMENTS OF INQUIRY OBSERVING QUESTIONING DESIGNING EXPERIMENTS COLLECTI NG DATA ANALYZING DATA

ELEMENTS OF INQUIRY OBSERVING QUESTIONING DESIGNING EXPERIMENTS COLLECTI NG DATA ANALYZING DATA REPEATIN G

ELEMENTS OF INQUIRY OBSERVING QUESTIONING DESIGNING EXPERIMENTS COLLECTI NG DATA ANALYZING DATA REPEATIN G REPORTING Illustrator: Zane Ricks

WHAT ARE KEY ELEMENTS TO INCLUDE? Instructor guidance to help students develop inquiry skills Defining a research problem Formulating hypotheses Planning an experiment Opportunity for peer-to-peer interactions and teaching Opportunity for students’ summative presentation of work (oral or written)