by STAO ADMIN | Dec 18, 2019
The Wonder Wall fosters a community of wonder in an inquiry-based classroom. A prominent section of a classroom wall is devoted to the children’s questions. All questions are respected by being displayed on the wall. This helps children to feel safe as their...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 18, 2019
How many of our Physics textbook questions begin with “a hockey puck glides across a frictionless ice surface…” or “one skater pushes back on the other…”? The questions are obviously designed to help Canadian students connect with...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 18, 2019
Experiential education is the cornerstone of inquiry in this set of lessons about biodiversity. Learning about the outdoors, in the outdoors, is vastly important. All the beauty that surrounds the life around us in the outdoors at our schools will not only build...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
I have done this glider project with my students over a span of a few years and have found that my approach has changed from year to year. This year, students were encouraged to think divergently in the way in which they presented their final glider product and...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
Use a discrepant event to get students to think critically and use their inquiry skills to develop a step by step procudure and analysis to explain it. Communication, collaboration and cooperation between students creates a positive learning environment.
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