This article discusses the challenge of planning inquiry-oriented science units while simultaneously integrating with principles of differentiated teaching. Ideas for culminating performance tasks, learning stations/activity centres, experiments, and connections for cross-curricular and integrated learning are presented.
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SNAIL INQUIRY - GRADE 2
Categories: Lab/Student Activity
Teacher and students will go on several nature walks in order to conduct a detailed inquiry into snails, their habitat, basic needs, and benefits to humans and the environment. Research will be... read more
HUMAN ORGAN SYSTEMS AND LANGUAGE - GRADE 5
Categories: Lab/Student Activity, Lesson Plan, Unit Plan
The inquiry began by the grade 5 students’ wonderings about two students in the community class after an assembly. They noticed that the students were communicating via Proloquo2go. This is a... read more
Let's go fly a kite! - A design and build activity
Categories: Lab/Student Activity
There are a number of birds and other species in nature that use the principles of flight and there are specific physical features that enable these species to fly. Humans have created ways to... read more