In this self-paced Inquiry activity, your Kids will be asked to ponder an essential question. They will explore a phenomenon by observing an image or a video clip (GIF), do some research, record in their Science Journals (included in this resource) their findings, reflect on what they wonder and make predictions that try to explain what is happening. Once this is all done, they can attempt to answer the essential question using their new knowledge and experiences.

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Welcome to an inquiry resource that has been tried, tested, and iteratively refined through use in the classroom. With this inquiry model, students develop learning strategies that:

a) connects innate curiosity with learning decisions

b) provides an effective routine for students to extend curiosity into question formation and investigation

c) teaches students a variety of skills to confidently drive their own inquiry process

d) democratizes the learning process by providing important learning 'choices'

e) increases interest and emotional engagement

f) increases opportunities for whole-class discussion

e) situates students to learn from each other, and maximize the social nature of learning

The inquiry model presented carefully draws out the innate curiosity and prior knowledge of each student, through the research-based routines of activating prior knowledge, careful observation and making inferences, the question formation technique, question selection and question categorization; these steps lead students to the pivotal inquiry moment where they can narrow down their questions to one burning question to then research further. This is followed by the corroboration of research and then the synthesis of findings.

Questions are as important as answers!

Questions and the desire to answer them give life to inquiry. Questions arise from students’ innate curiosity about the world and from their efforts to make sense of how that world works. Central to a rich social studies experience is the capability for developing questions that can frame and advance an inquiry. (from the C3 framework)

The following inquiry labs will be developed during the 2019-2021 school years. The idea is to provide exciting inquiry options for the mainstream content of STEM.

Science topics coming soon...

Animals

Ant

Archerfish

Bald Eagle

Butterfly

Cardinal

Cat

Cheetah

Clownfish

Dog

Dolphin

Dragonfly

Elephant

Flamingo

Giraffe

Grasshopper

Koala

Lion

Mallard Duck

Ostrich

Penguins

Peregrine Falcon

Scorpion

Shark

Snake

Swordfish

Tardigrades

Whale

Astronomy

Asteroids and Meteors

Black Holes

Comets

Galaxies

Hubble Space Telescope

International Space Station

Jupiter

Kuiper Belt

Mars

Mercury

Milky Way

Moon

Neptune

Neutron Star

Oort Cloud

Earth

Pluto

Saturn

Solar System

Stars

Sun

Universe

Uranus

Venus

Biology

Bacteria

Blood

Brain

Cancer

Carbohydrates

Cell

Diabetes

Digestive System

DNA

Enzymes

Fungi

Immune System

Influenza

Lipids

Muscular System

Nervous System

Organs

Proteins

Protists

Skeletal System

Skin

Virus

Chemistry

Acids and Bases

Aluminum

Calcium

Carbon

Chemical Bonding

Chemical Reactions

Chlorine

Copper

Crystals

Elements

Gold

Helium

Hydrogen

Iron

Lead

Magnesium

Mercury Element

Molecules

Nickel

Nitrogen

Organic Chemistry

Oxygen

Periodic Table

Platinum

Radioactivity

Silicon

Silver

Sodium

States of Matter

Sulfur

Titanium

Uranium

What is Atom

Zinc

Earth Science

Air Pollution

Atmosphere

Biomass Energy

Carbon Cycle

Caves

Clouds

Composition of the Earth

Deserts

Earthquake

Erosion

Fossils

Geothermal Energy

Geysers

Glaciers

Global Warming

Hurricane (Tropical Cyclone)

Hydropower

Ice Ages

Lakes

Land Pollution

Minerals

Mountains

Oceans

Ozone Layer

Plate Tectonics

Rainforest

Rocks

Seasons

Solar Energy

Tidal Energy

Tornado

Tsunamis

Volcano

Water Cycle

Water Pollution

Weather

Wind Energy

Electricity

Batteries

Conductors and Insulators

Digital Electronics

Electric Motor

Electronic Circuit

How Electricity is made?

Magnetism

Ohm’s Law

Relay

Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors

Transformer

Voltage, Current, and Resistance

What is Electricity?

Inventions

Car

Airplane

Bicycle

Camera

Cotton Gin

Diesel Engine

Hot Air Balloon

Light Bulb

Sewing Machine

Telescope

Television

Physics

Acceleration

Energy

Force

Gravity

Heat

Heat Transfer

How Rainbows work?

Lasers

Laws of Motion

Mass and Weight

Power

Radioactivity

Speed and Velocity

Temperature

What is Friction

Light

Work

Plants

11 Ways Plants Make Human Healthier

Cactus

Carnivorous Plants

Cocoa Beans

Flowering Plants

Herbs

How Plants Grow

Life Cycle of Plants

Non-Flowering Plants

Photosynthesis

Plant Defenses

Plant Structure

Poisonous Plants

Rainforest

Seed Germination

Trees

Scientists and Inventors

Abbas ibn Firnas

Al-Battani

Al-Biruni

Al-Farabi

Al-Jazari

Al-Khwarizmi

Albert Einstein

Alexander Graham Bell

Avicenna (Ibn Sina)

Galileo Galilei

Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)

Ibn Al-Nafis

Isaac Newton

Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber)

Louis Pasteur

Marie Curie

Michael Faraday

Nasir Al-Din Tusi

Nikola Tesla

Richard Feynman

Stephen Hawking

Thomas Edison