Inquiry Strategies for the Journey North Teacher

This website provides science related lesson plans and discussion questions for an inquiry-oriented classroom. "In an inquiry-oriented classroom, the teacher is a co-explorer and guide who cultivates curiosity and challenges students to think and act like scientists as they explore intriguing questions." Topics include Creating a Climate for Inquiry, Supporting Productive Discussions, Asking, "How Do We Know What We Know?," Generating Questions: The Heart of Inquiry, Exploring What Scientists Do, Planning Science Investigations, Gathering Data, Making Sense of Data (Findings), and Critically Reviewing Science Research.