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Scientific Inquiry in the K-12 Classroom
A Workshop for Scientists and Science Educators

AGU Fall Meeting—San Francisco—December 15/16, 2004
San Francisco Marriott Hotel, Nob Hill C

Facilitators: Sandra Laursen and Lesley Smith (Lesley.Smith@colorado.edu), Education and Outreach Group, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado at Boulder

Agenda

7:30ish on Check in, get coffee, get acquainted
8:00 Welcome and Introductions
8:15 Introduction: What is Inquiry and Why do it? What Inquiry Means and the Research Base for Inquiry Teaching and Learning Three Experiences of Inquiry
9:00 Abilities to Do Inquiry: The Black Box
9:40 Understandings about Inquiry: The Mystery of the Iceman
10:10 Break
10:30 Learning Scientific Concepts by Doing Inquiry: Example from a Real Classroom
11:30 How Does Inquiry Apply to Your Work? Reflection and discussion
12:00 Please complete the post-workshop survey before you leave! thanks

This workshop is sponsored by a grant from NSF Geoscience Education. We will be taking this workshop on tour to other scientific groups—if you are interested in hosting a workshop, talk to us! We are also developing RSPE, a web site of resources for scientists working as partners with education. Please send your suggestions for useful materials that have inspired, informed, or assisted your work. Finally, in tandem with the workshops, we are conducting a pilot researchwith- evaluation study to better understand the motivations, needs, and interests of scientists who work with education, and thus to learn more about how to make science education partnerships effective and lasting. We thus appreciate your thoughtful response to the survey, and to the follow-up interview if you are contacted. Feel free to contact our evaluator, Ginger Melton, with any questions (GingerDOTMeltonATcoloradoDOTedu).

Acknowledgments

Karen Hyde-Edgerly and Carol McLaren from Science Discovery at CU Boulder are our collaborators in developing this workshop. Catherine Fahey of CIRES Outreach helped with preparation for the workshop and CIRES Outreach supported some workshop costs. Thanks to Jill Karsten of AGU for the opportunity, and thanks to all of you for coming! We thank RIDGE and InterRIDGE for co-sponsoring the Wednesday workshop.