Inquiry Matters Teacher Workshop

A workshop on 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?

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.

Request a workshop for your area

Inquiry Matters may 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 this fall at the following regional conferences of the National Science Teachers Association:

• Minneapolis, MN
  October 29–31, 2009
• Fort Lauderdale, FL
  November 12–14, 2009
• Phoenix, AZ
  December 3–5, 2009