Golden Apple Scholars Summer Institute: North Central

Inquiry teaching, constructivist learning
Inquiry tools: Learning Cycle, Inquiry Wheel

Science Notebooks
Downloads: Google Doc Handout
Presentation: Keynote | PDF
Links: ScienceNotebooks.org
Blast Off-Alka Seltzer Rockets
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Video Hints: Rocket Acivity
Name Tag Activities
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Eternal Verities-Inquiry and Constructivism
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Hand Washing
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Videos: Incubator Set Up
Photos for Set Up: Incubator
Wheel of Inquiry
Wheel of Inquiry Examples 
Wheel of Inquiry Concordia Scholars Examples 2015
Wheel of Inquiry Blank Worksheet PDF: Simple | Original
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ABC Summarizer
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Introduction to Engineering Design
Other types of Inquiry Instruction

Warm-ups: Thinking vs. Remembering
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Common Core Connection: Identifying Text Structures (Ignatz)
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Photos: Text Structures Poster Samples
Essence of Adolescence
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*Mathematical Modeling: Barbie Bungee
Downloads: Google Doc Handout
Videos: Setting Up | Activity Overview
Photos for Set Up: Measuring Tape 
*Private Eye
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Common Core Connection-Literacy (Expository Writing)-RAFT
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​Presentations: Keynote | PDF
Examples: RAFT Template
​RAFT Examples
Questioning Skills and Blooms Taxonomy: Interactions 
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Introduction to Engineering Design: Ramps and Rollers
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Summarizer: I used to think, but now I know....
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Disciplinary Core Ideas-Light/Color, Energy
Common Core Connections-Math and Literacy

Great Adventure
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Say-It, Do-It: Communication and Engineering Design
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Bringing Change to Your Classroom

Warm Ups
Quizinar Rods | Creature Cards | Rad Dad | Hink Pink 
Downloads: Google Doc Handout | Creature Cards
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*Learning Cycle-Exploration as a Gateway to Math and Literacy-Cricket Racing
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Common Core Connection-Literacy (Non-Fictional Literature) - Poems for Two Voices
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Inertia/Confidence in the Classroom
Downloads: Google Doc Handout