Rocket Your Way to Inquiry

Name: Rocket Your Way to Inquiry
SKU: 5525
Price: 44.95 NZD
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Author: Andrea Gore
ISBN: 9781877523519

How to turn inquiry learning into a meteoric success

By
Andrea Gore

Supercharge inquiry learning. This book supports teachers as they guide students through each stage of the inquiry process. It offers fresh ideas for activities and constructive tools for implementing them, and the accompanying photocopiable worksheets provide students with opportunities to practise the skills and techniques they need to complete projects. This resource is a good fit for many curriculum areas and for a wide range of ability levels.

Ages: 7-12 | Pages: 52 | Code: 5525 | ISBN: 9781877523519

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Andrea Gore

Andrea Gore has taught at all levels up to Year 8, in both the UK and New Zealand. In her current role as head of curriculum at Mangawhai Beach School, north of Auckland, she assists teachers in delivering the new curriculum, assessment and new learning approaches. With a long-held passion for sharing her resources and expertise in the area of research and inquiry learning, she aims to enable teachers to equip students with the skills they need to keep up with emerging technologies and prepare for the future.

Contents
Introduction	4
About this book	4
Key features of inquiry learning	5
Before the inquiry	6
Inquiry unit plan	7
Inquiry learning competencies	9
Inquiry learning links to information and communication technology	10
Inquiry quiz	11
My inquiry learning pathway	12
Immersion	13
Student-driven learning	13
Immersion checklist	14
Setting out existing knowledge	15
What do you already know?	16
Questioning	18
Understanding different types of questions	18
Closed or open?	19
Mapping questions	20
Five Ws and one H	21
Locating	23
Selecting resources	23
Using key words to help you search	24
Organising	26
Skimming and scanning	26
Using the contents page to find information	27
Using an index to find information	28
Using graphs to find information	29
Listening and viewing	30
Cyber safety	31
Recording	33
Note-taking techniques	33
Research organiser	34
How to write a bibliography	35
Creating	37
Types of presentation	37
Purpose and audience	38
Structuring an oral presentation	39
Assessing	41
Teacher- and student-led assessment	41
End of inquiry checklist	42
Evaluating my inquiry process	43
Oral presentation – peer assessment	44
Group work – peer assessment	45
Inquiry project assessment sheet	46
Independent study rubric	47
Thinking maps and graphic organisers	49