1. USC’s i-Coach Middle School Summer Institute Day 1: What is Inquiry?

2. Welcome  Introductions of Staff  Notebooks (will go over more at lunch) Index Room assignments Schedule Morning Session in Section 1

3. Room Assignments  Model Teaching/Content at 9:30: Report to Content rooms 6 th Simple Machines: Room 201 7 th Genetics: Room 203 8 th Geology: Room 205 6 th Data Analysis: Room 208 7 th Geometry: Room 207 8 th Algebra: Room 209  Science teachers will be split into two groups to watch the model teaching from 9:30-10:55 then go to content  Math teachers—go to content first and then observe model teaching from 11-12:30

4. What is Inquiry Teaching?  Brainstorm with your table group, the question: What is inquiry teaching? (Directions also in Section 1) On your large paper, record your group’s ideas. What are the essential elements? In deciding on your essential elements, think about what the teacher and students are doing during an inquiry lesson.  You will share your paper with other groups in about 5 minutes. When prompted, meet with one other table group and share your posters—add any new findings to your own poster

5. M&M laboratory  Inquiry Lesson Prediction: What will happen when an M&M is placed in water? Observe: Complete the experiment and write down observations. Explain: Describe what happened and why.  With your table partners think about other questions you might have that you could test given some the following materials.  Materials: M&M’s, plastic bowl with flat bottom, salt, hot plates, beakers, ice, sugar, water, oil, food coloring, ruler, markers

6. Design & Perform Experiment  Each table group should design and perform one experiment with a control to answer their question. As with the first experiment, make a prediction about what you expect will happen before you perform your experiment.  Do the experiment and try to explain your results. Share your explanation and experiment with your table group.

7. Essential Features  Using the Essential Features of Classroom Inquiry handout (in notebook-Section 1 pg 2), evaluate the M&M laboratory. Determine where on the continuum the activity lies for each of the 5 essential features.  Compare your initial poster to the 5 Essential Features list and the math principals list (pg 3). Discuss with your table partners the differences and similarities between the two.