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A lot of people struggled with this issue of inquiry and the National Standards, so the National Research Council got a committee together to develop a practical guide -- Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning

You can read it (for free) online or order a hard copy (about $20) at
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9596.html

(I'd also second Ed Sobey's comment - start with the inquiry and work backwards to the Standards.)

-Kirsten

Kirsten Ellenbogen
Institute for Learning Innovation
166 West Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-268-5149
www.ilinet.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sanchez, Jason" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 12:12 PM
Subject: Science Inquiry
>
> I am currently trying to develop a curriculum for an after-school program
at
> the Louisville Science Center that must correlate with science standards.
> In doing so I have encountered the following questions/problems:
>
> How do you transform core content and science standards into a hands-on
> inquiry based activity?  Can inquiry be used on all standards?  How do you
> deal with time constrictions?  How many materials is too many?  Is it ever
> OK to tell students the answers to their questions?
>
> I would be interested to hear how other Science Centers are dealing with
> these questions.
>
> Jason Sanchez

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