NAME: ________________

Observations and questioning inform scientific understanding

Approaches to Learning: Research Skills
Using the Inquiry Model to Research

How the world works summative Matter Science Fair

DUE DATE: APRIL 24, 2017

Planning
 NAME: ________________
Observations and questioning inform scientific understanding
Approaches to Learning: Research Skills
My question is: _________________________________________________
I will test my question by: ________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
My ideas now

Where can I find information:

Retrieving
Source Information
 NAME: ________________
Observations and questioning inform scientific understanding
Approaches to Learning: Research Skills

After my research I notice that: ___________________________________________

My understanding is now: _______________________________________________
Now what?: __________________________________________________________
(you may add extra note pages for further research)

Processing
My question is: __________________________________________________________

My plan for testing:

My hypothesis:
 NAME: ________________
Observations and questioning inform scientific understanding
Approaches to Learning: Research Skills

Materials:

Procedure:

Now what?: _____________________________________________________________

Creating
Results of my experiment:

Summary/Conclusion:
 NAME: ________________
Observations and questioning inform scientific understanding
Approaches to Learning: Research Skills

My knowledge:

Sharing
How I will present my knowledge and results:
 NAME: ________________
Observations and questioning inform scientific understanding
Approaches to Learning: Research Skills

Evaluating
Self-evaluation for presentation
Beginning Developing Practicing Extending
Beginning to speak Speaks when giving Speaks clearly when Speaks clearly and
Using when giving oral oral presentations to giving oral with confidence when
Language presentations to large large groups. presentations to large giving oral
groups. Expresses Expresses some ideas groups. Expresses presentations to large
limited ideas. clearly and logically. ideas clearly and groups. Expresses
logically. insightful ideas clearly
and logically.
Designs basic visual Designs a visual Designs a visual Designs a visual
Presenting presentation for peer presentation for peer presentation for peer presentation for peer
and teacher audience. and teacher audience. and teacher audience. and teacher audience.
Communicates limited Communicate some Communicates Effectively
information and ideas information and ideas information and ideas communicates
through visuals. through visuals. With through visuals. Takes information and ideas
Beginning to take on more confidence takes on role as presenter through visuals. Takes
role as presenter. on presenting role. seriously and with on role as presenter
confidence. seriously and with
sophistication.
Minimally accepts role With more Accepts role and Takes on leadership
Collaborating and responsibility as commitment accepts responsibility as an role when inquiring
an inquirer to role and responsibility inquirer to complete while also accepting
complete tasks. Needs as an inquirer to tasks in an appropriate role and responsibility
support to use time complete tasks in an manner by using time as a learner to
management appropriate manner by management and complete tasks in an
effectively. using time organization. appropriate manner by
management and using time
organization. management and
organization.
Demonstrates Demonstrates growing Demonstrates Demonstrates
Knowledge emerging knowledge knowledge of the knowledge of the sophisticated
of the particle model of particle model of particle model of knowledge of the
matter through matter through matter through particle model of
scientific scientific properly conducted matter through
experimentation. experimentation. scientific insightfully conducted
experimentation. scientific
experimentation.
 NAME: ________________
Observations and questioning inform scientific understanding
Approaches to Learning: Research Skills

My ideas and understandings now about matter and the particle model: