1. Professional Development Science Education October 2013

2. What am I?

3. Learning Goals Success Criteria Identify a framework for inquiry-based instruction Differentiate teacher and student roles in questioning Investigate a strategy to develop students’ questioning skills LACC.910(1112).WHST.3.7 LACC.910(1112).WHST.3.9 LACC.910(1112).SL.1.1c

4. Engage Explore Explain Elaborate Evaluate 5 E’s Science Lesson Engagement through Questioning

5. Take greater ownership of their learning Deepen comprehension Make connections and discoveries on their own Students who know how to ask their own questions … Harvard Graduate School of Education 2011

6. Engagement through Questioning Step 1: Teacher designs a Question Focus Step 2: Student produce Questions Step 3: Student strengthens Questions Step 4: Student Prioritizes Questions 2b-3b-3c-3e

7. Step 1: Teacher Designs a Question Focus Engage through Discrepancy

8. Step 2: Student Produces Questions Guidelines: Write as many thoughts and questions as you can Do not stop to discuss, judge, or answer any of the questions Turn any statements into questions

9. Step 3: Student Strengthens Questions Who is running for class president ? Closed-EndedOpen-Ended What do you think of the candidates in the class election? Higher Complexity What does each candidate support for the spring event? Text-Supported Response must include evidence from a source of text.

10. Step 3: Student Strengthens Questions Is one liquid heavier than the other? Closed-EndedOpen-Ended How can liquids of different densities mix? Higher Complexity How does the molecular geometry of the liquids affect the volume of the solution? Response must include evidence from a source of text. Text-Supported

11. Step 4: Student Prioritizes Questions Divergent thinking to Convergent thinking

12. Take AWAY Students need to learn the practice of questioning because too often they accept what they are told, without going any further.

13. Best Practices

14. How does it look in your classroom?

15. Professional Learning Communities

16. PLC Roles Facilitator Timekeeper Recorder

17. PLC Action Plan

18. Recorder

19. Let’s take a break…

20. Professional Learning Communities