STEM Studio #1 Inquiry Mindset

INQUIRY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

The Pre-Planning Guide and Inquiry Implementation Plan are designed to integrate the
important components of the Inquiry Cycle and the 5E Instructional model. Use the
5E/Inquiry Cycle/questioning frameworks choice-wheel as a foundation from which to
develop your own plan for brining inquiry to your classroom, school and/or
organization.

Strategies to
Promote Inquiry
Role / 5E’s Activity Details Probing Questions
(Refer to Inquiry
Cycle for
examples)

Teacher Coach/Org.
Leader

ENGAGE

How will you How will you

engage engage
students and teachers or
connect to staff to
their prior incorporate
knowledge? inquiry and
create change
in their
teaching?

How will you How will you

evaluate prior evaluate
knowledge teacher or staff
and buy-in for
engagement? using inquiry in
their practice?

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 EXPLORE

How will How will

students learn teachers
more about practice
the topic embedding
through an inquiry into
exploration? their practice?

How will you How will you

evaluate evaluate
content growing skills
knowledge? in using inquiry
in the
classroom?

EXPLAIN

How will How will

students teachers
demonstrate demonstrate
their inquiry is a part
understanding of their
of the teaching
topic/content practice?
explored?

How will you How will you

evaluate evaluate skill
understanding level with
of inquiry-based
content/topic? teaching?

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 ELABORATE

How will How will the

students build teacher
on the integrate
concept and inquiry in a
make way that is
meaningful authentic to
connections their practice?
with other
content?

How will you How will you

evaluate evaluate a shift
application of in teaching
the concepts? practice due
to inquiry?

EVALUATE

How will How will

students and teachers self-
Teacher assess assess and
learning? give peer
feedback on
teaching
practice
development?

How will you How will you

assess student assess teacher
learning? development?

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