Why Are School Buses Always Yellow?
illustrates how to use the inquiry process to teach mandated content while making learning relevant and lasting for young students. The author uses real classroom examples from schools across the country, provides prompts for framing good questions, offers recommendations for Internet resources, and provides techniques to: • Introduce inquiry incrementally and systematically • Use objects, literature, and students’ experiences to stimulate inquiry • Help children turn their playful wonderings into deeper questions about content • Develop inquiry-based units that incorporate students’ queries Educators will discover how to empower children in their quests for answers and help them develop thinking and investigative skills that will serve them throughout school.
