Science inquiry

Inquiry-based learning science lessons for grades 1-6. Daily science warm-up to get students asking and answering the important questions such as "Why do leaves change color?" Download your free science lesson for third grade.

Encourage students to ask questions, investigate, and discover knowledge on their own with 'Inquiry-based learning activities'. By promoting curiosity and independence, they help students become active learners. From science experiments to history research, there are countless inquiry-based learning activities and ideas to choose from. This model fosters creativity, discovery learning, and problem-solving skills. Click to explore more and prepare students for real-world challenges.

The kids have started noticing signs of fall! They had started bringing me leaves, so I knew it was time to start investigating Fall! I started out by asking what they wondered about Fall. They came up with some very good questions! We posted the questions on our inquiry wall. This wall will grow as they wonder new things and answer the questions! I set out some provacations about Fall to see what they would notice. On our look closer table, I set out fall leaves and colored water to see…

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Since the middle of February while were creating our dragon project, I started to notice something. The kids were taking the logs out of our building area and creating "bands" with them as drum sets. Kids were making shaker's at the maker's space, two friends brought three sizes of clay to me and wanted to show the class how when they thumped them each size made a different sound. Another friend took a plastic bottle wrapper off the bottle and pulled on both ends sharply and showing us the…

Creating an inquiry based learning space for middle schoolers with building an inquiry wall. Grab free resources to learn how to create a inquiry learning wall in the classroom to provoke ideas and curiosity in your learners.