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Welcome to the Big Shoulders Fund Literacy-Inquiry Teaching Workshop Rocket Challange 1. Build a rocket system 2. Adjust variables until the rocket reaches “outer space” (One meter) 3. The team that reaches outer space with the most valuable payload, WINS! No one in the classroom learns more than the individual teaching the class for the first time. Teaching and learning are not synonymous. We can teach, and teach well, without having students learn. Knowledge is seldom transferred intact from the mind of the teacher to the mind of the student. Useful knowledge is never transferred intact. Knowledge is CONSTRUCTED in the mind of the learner. Mother : Daughter :: Father : ___ Cousin Uncle Son Aunt Ruby : Emerald :: Tomato : ___ Rose Onion Peach Lettuce OK : KS :: PA : ___ CT NY AZ WV Inductile : Indomitable :: Sejant : _____ Reticent Remarkable Sojourning Sitting I can’t teach ______ You may be able to. My goal is not to teach_____; My goal is to facilitate learning. Observation Problem Hypothesis Prediction Experiment Conclusion CLASS MOTTO Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you have. The best way to get a good idea is to get a lot of ideas. IConclusion Discover I Record Observation I Observe IProblem Wonder Doing Inquiry Hypothesis I Think Experiment I Try Observation Problem Hypothesis Prediction Experiment Conclusion Which one is LEAST like the other four ? Artist Golfer Dancer Newscaster Mechanic Remembering Remembering is pulling facts out of your file cabinet. Remembering The names of seven states in the United States contain the consecutive letters “AS” Remember them. Remembering The names of six states in the United States contain the consecutive letters “IS” Remember them. Thinking Thinking involves building a new construction from facts that are already in your file cabinet. Finish the Sequence Know What Your Objective Is The art of becoming wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. • William James, Psychologist I’d rather know some of the questions than all of the answers. • James Thurber, Humorist What comes next in this sequence ? BLUE : STRAW :: RASP : ______ YELLOW HAY BLACK BERRY Write a secret number 1 - 9 Circle the number so you don’t forget the number. Multiply your secret number by 3 Add one to this product Multiply this sum by 3 Add your secret number to this product Assigning Pennies The object of this problem is to get as many pennies on the star as possible. Place a penny on any number on the star. You must move the penny in a straight line, two numbers. You may jump a penny as long as you start on an empty number and end on an empty number. Finish the Sequence WHICH ONE DOES NOT BELONG ? difference product quotient addend sum