FIELD WORK: Group 4 Inquiry

Group 4: Inquiry Lesson

Today was our inquiry lesson!  We had a rough start to our inquiry lesson idea but after creating a new base it seemed to go very smooth!  Before presenting the problem, we reviewed what was previously taught and the scientific method that the students would be using throughout the lesson.  The general idea of our inquiry lesson was that the students had to help our alien friend!  Our alien friend has just dropped down to earth and has no idea what these green things on the ground are.  It was the students job to go to each group and discover what plant is there and all the information that comes with that plant.  Each station had one teacher, a real plant (one of the four that were discussed in the lesson), and research articles.  The students received a packet that included a question sheet for each station.  They had to create a hypothesis, find three facts, and discover what plant they were dealing with.  At the end of the lesson, the class shared their findings with each other.  Each group discussed what they found and what plant was being represented.  After their discovery, the students were assigned to write a tweet to our alien friend telling him their findings and what plant was their personal favorite.  The students seemed to love the idea and going to each station learning more about the different plants.  Overall, I think we did a pretty good job! The group tried our best.