Eight Essentials of Inquiry-Based Science:
An Overview

All of our training opportunities are site-specific. That is, the content is tailored to the expressed needs of the participants, and it is delivered to your site.

This interactive workshop focuses on the qualities and characteristics of inquiry-based science and their applications to classroom practice. Principles of effective inquiry are addressed through thought and reflection, analysis and discussion, hands-on activities, and practical applications. Participants will gain a greater understanding of science education, strategies for effective teaching, and ways to increase student achievement.

The session will provide an overview of the Eight-Essentials of Inquiry-Based Science.

Inquiry-Based Science:

• Develops an understanding of basic concepts
• Provides experiences necessary to support and develop or modify interpretations of the world
• Develops process and thinking skills
• Actively engages students in a learning cycle
• Builds a greater understanding of the ways that science-technology-society are linked
• Enhances reading and writing skills
• Allows for a diversity of strategies for learning
• Allows for a variety of ways for students to show what they know and are able to do.

For more information, or to schedule this training, contact
PDK Professional Development at 800/766-1156
E-mail: PDKProfessionalDevelopment@pdkintl.org

Graduate Credit is available for this workshop. Call for details.

Our Mission:
We know, we believe, and we support that professional development is an intentional process, that it is ongoing, and that it is systemic. We know that it must be integrated within school improvement planning and it must focus on student improvement. It must be based on well-documented research, and it must be tailored to the needs of the participants and delivered to them at their site.