Creating Inquiry

This is a jigsaw strategy to get students to analyze cluster questions in a group and then teach other students about their questions. Clusters are not included, but can be taken from previous Regents exams.

Students will collaborate to create a life-sized, anatomically accurate illustration of a designated human body system. Beyond identifying core structures and functions, students must research systemic interactions that maintain homeostasis, as well as the pathology of one related disease. The project culminates in a peer-to-peer classroom presentation. To ensure active listening and engagement, audience members will complete a "Body System Tour" synthesis worksheet during each presentation.

This worksheet gives a great overview of weather including climate, the seasons, weather symbols and fronts. This also comes with a key. This can be a student driven activity after an introduction to weather is given or as guided notes for students. It can also be used in an interactive notebook.

This is a station activity that can be done after the students have some background information on blood and blood typing. It can be an inquiry activity for presumptive tests and give students some hands-on practice for what they had learned about blood typing.

This is a worksheet that includes the cell theory and the cell parts and functions. It can be used as a student driven worksheet after an introduction to cells or as guided notes for cells. It can also be used for an interactive notebook or as a review of cells.

This is a great activity to do following a lesson, a topic or a unit. The students will recall information they learned, collaborate with their classmates and then process the information into both a paragraph and a drawing.