Turning activities into student-driven investigations
Table of Contents
Date | Entry/Presenter | Page Number |
09/14/2021 | Blast-Off. Louise Huffman | ? |
09/15/2021 | Wheel of Inquiry, Louise Huffman | |
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Left Side
Presentation Notes
Title
Right Side
Classroom Ideas/Creative Side
Ideas, reflections, action items.
Wheel of Inquiry Louise Huffman
9/15/2021
Alka Seltzer
Investigations
Things you tried
changing…
(or could)
Things that you could measure…
(related to the flight)
Independent or
Manipulated Variables
Dependent or
Responding Variables
Wheel of Inquiry
How does the . . .
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How does the
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How does the . . .
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How does the . . .
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affect the . . .
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__________?
affect the . . .
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affect the . . .
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affect the . . .
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Wheel of Inquiry
How does the . . .
number of AS
How does the . . .
crushing of AS
How does the . . .
amount of shaking
How does the . . .
amount of water
affect the . . .
height of the rocket?
affect the . . .
time to launch
affect the . . .
speed of the
rocket?
affect the . . .
amount of payload.
Wheel of Inquiry
How does the . . .
number of AS
How does the . . .
crushing of AS
How does the . . .
amount of shaking
How does the . . .
amount of water
affect the . . .
height of rocket
READING:
Wheel of Inquiry by Wendy Pierce
Turning activities into student-driven investigations
(using the Wheel of Inquiry)
Table of Contents
Date | Entry/Presenter | Page Number |
09/14/2021 | Blast-Off. Louise Huffman | ? |
09/15/2021 | Snowplow Sliders. Bill Grosser | |
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Left Side
Presentation Notes
Right Side
Classroom Ideas/Creative Side
Ideas, reflections, action items.
Snowplow Sliders Bill Grosser
9/15/2021
ISBE: “Enthusiasm and curiosity ..., which have a major impact on students' motivation to engage in science in a way that allows them to acquire knowledge”
ISBE: “Pupils can construct (for them) new knowledge by exploring or investigating a problem or question.”
ISBE: Empirical competence (observation and description, experimentation, classification, manual skills, data collection and processing, security, assessment of uncertainty and appropriateness, criticizing methods, generalization between practice and theory, ...)
“Learning is a performance” Howard Gardner
Learning Cycle
Exploring Snowplows Sliders
Learning Cycle
Exploring Snowplows Sliders
Exploring Snowplows Sliders
Parts of the System:
Exploration Task
Design/make a snowplow that can be pushed by a marble (energy sphere) without tipping over.
Parts of the System
Exploration Task
Use the ramp/block/sphere system to push the snowplow different distances between 5-60 cm.
Things we changed (or could change) to make the plow move different distances.
Things that we could measure
(related to the snowplow slider)
Independent or
Manipulated Variables
Dependent or
Responding Variables
Planning and Carrying Out an Investigation
Wheel of Inquiry
How does the . . .
Marble starting position on the ruler
How does the . . .
Number of blocks
How does the . . .
Design of slider snowplow
How does the . . .
Type of marble
affect the distance the plow slides?
How many cm does the snowplow slide if I change how far up the ruler the marble starts?
Investigation Question
How many cm does the snowplow slide if I change how far up the ruler the marble starts?
Investigation Question
Snowplow Sliders Bill Grosser. 9/15/21
IV: Starting position up the ruler (cm)
DV: How far the snowplow gets pushed (cm)
Marble Release Position (cm)
Snowplow Slide Distance (cm)
How many cm does the snowplow slide if I change how far up the ruler the marble starts?
Investigation Question
Snowplow Sliders Bill Grosser. 9/15/21
Release Position (cm)
Snowplow Slide Distance (cm)
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ISBE: Empirical competence (observation and description, experimentation, classification, manual skills, data collection and processing, security, assessment of uncertainty and appropriateness, criticizing methods, generalization between practice and theory, ...)
How many cm does the snowplow slide if I change how far up the ruler the marble starts?
Investigation Question
Snowplow Sliders Bill Grosser. 9/15/21
Release Position (cm)
Snowplow Slide Distance (cm)
0
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How many cm does the snowplow slide if I change how far up the ruler the marble starts?
Investigation Question
Snowplow Sliders Bill Grosser. 9/15/21
Release Position (cm)
Snowplow Slide Distance (cm)
0
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Investigation Question
Snowplow Sliders Bill Grosser. 9/15/21
Release Position (cm)
Snowplow Slider Distance (cm)
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Rise = 60 cm snowplow pushed
Run = 30 cm up ruler
Slope = 60 cm pushed
30 cm up ruler
Slope = 2 cm pushed
each cm up ruler
Plow dist. = 2 cm pushed * Release Position (cm up ruler)
.cm up ruler
Y = mX + b
For every cm the marble moved up higher on the ruler…
Investigation Question
Snowplow Sliders Bill Grosser. 9/15/21
Release Position (cm)
Snowplow Slider Distance (cm)
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Y = mX + b
Plow dist. = 2 cm pushed * Release Position (cm up ruler)
cm up ruler
Snowplow
Challenge
Distance
Actual
Distance
cm
missed
(Points)
8 cm
28 cm
15 cm
40 cm
55 cm
Turning activities into student-driven investigations
Wheel of Inquiry
Investigation
Requirements
NGSS Readings
Wheel of Inquiry
How does the . . .
Release point of sphere
How does the . . .
Number of blocks
How does the . . .
Design of slider car
How does the . . .
Type of marble
affect the . . .
distance traveled?
Investigation
Requirements
Wheel of Inquiry
How does the . . .
Release point of sphere
How does the . . .
Number of blocks
How does the . . .
Design of slider car
How does the . . .
Type of marble
affect the . . .
distance traveled?
Investigation
Requirements
Learning Cycle
Application
Wheel of Inquiry
Investigation
Requirements
Page 43 reading…
A quantity has three components:
Slope =
Page 91 reading…
Interpreting and connecting representations…
Claims and Evidence
Wheel of Inquiry
How does the . . .
use of a mouth piece
How does the . . .
placement of the marshmallow
How does the . . .
angle of the gun
How does the . . .
type of blowing
affect the . . .
distance traveled?
affect the . . .
accuracy ?
affect the . . .
speed of the
marshmallow?
affect the . . .
force of impact?
Wheel of Inquiry
How does the . . .
use of a mouthpiece
How does the . . .
placement of the marshmallow
How does the . . .
angle of the gun
How does the . . .
type of blowing
affect the . . .
distance traveled?