Inquiry Matters Teacher Workshop

A teacher workshop for elementary and middle school physical science

Learn how to incorporate inquiry-based scientific investigations into your elementary or middle school science curriculum through the Inquiry Matters onsite workshop. This hands-on workshop, given by authors of Inquiry in Action ― Investigating Matter Through Inquiry, engages teachers in the elements of inquiry.

What will I learn in the Inquiry Matters workshop?

Inquiry Matters workshop participants experience the process of scientific discovery as they contribute their own ideas, help design experiments, and discuss possible explanations for their observations. All activities cover important physical science concepts taught in grades 3 through 8 and can easily be integrated into any curriculum.

Workshop participants will:

• Learn what inquiry is and how to incorporate inquiry into a science curriculum
• Conduct science investigations that build physical science and inquiry knowledge and skills
• Get background information and activities highlighting physical properties and change, chemical change, states of matter, and density
• Receive a printed copy of everything taught in the workshop—and much more—with the book Inquiry in Action.

Organize a workshop in your area

Inquiry Matters can be presented as either a half day or full-day session. To learn more about organizing a workshop for your local teachers, contact James Kessler at 202-872-6165 or Patti Galvan at 202-872-6168, or email elemsci@acs.org.

Attend a session

Short presentations based on the Inquiry Matters workshop will be held at the following science education conferences this fall:

• National Science Teachers Association’s (NSTA) area conferences:
  Charlotte, NC (Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2008)
  Portland, OR (Nov. 20-22, 2008)
  Cincinnati, OH (Dec. 4-6, 2008)
• Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST), Nov. 6-8, 2008, Fort Worth, TX.