Science Teaching & Learning

Levels of Inquiry of Science Education Diagram

Inquiry Based Learning Approach

Emphasizes the importance of exploration and curiosity within the field of science to students

Allows students to have different styled lessons makes science learning more engaging and fun

Allows students to develop their scientific research skills, critical thinking skills, and problem solving skills

Banchi, H., & Bell, R. (2008). The many levels of inquiry. Science and Children, 46(2), 26–29.

Water Cycle & Plant Cycle Design Model Creation

Water Cycle and Plant Cycle Experiment

Encourages students to gain better understanding of the scientific processes by gathering data and relying on factual evidence rather then relying on assumptions or inferences

Design Models & Thinking Creations

Incorporating modelling and creative work into the science curriculum allows students to work with real-world problems with a hands-on creative outlook

Allowing students to test their ideas and models, as well as brainstorm possible solutions to a foreign concept, lets students work on their critical thinking and collaboration skills

Collaborate with students and teachers in science learning communities.

Having the opportunity to collaboratively work with other future teachers to create an engaging and creative lesson plan and present it to a group of non-education students

Allowed me to gain experience in how a science lesson is created, taught, and how elementary aged students respond to new ideas

Feel prepared to engage with real-world, socio-scientific sustainability issues that elementary students care about

Having created a lesson plan for elementary school students, and having taken part in other future teachers lesson plan enactments, I feel prepared to engage with a variety of important issues within our environment

Chemistry Experiment with Acids & Bases