Inquiry Based Instruction

TEACHING SCIENCE
THROUGH INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OBJECTIVES OF THE SESSION
1. Describe the features of an inquiry-
based science lesson.
2. Appreciate the importance of inquiry
in teaching science.
3. Compare the traditional science
instruction and inquiry-based
learning.
OBJECTIVES OF THE SESSION
4. Explain each of the four levels of
inquiry.
5. Familiarize the 5E learning model of
inquiry.
6. Design a science lesson using the 5E
learning model and plot the same in
the DLL template.
“All the world is a laboratory to the
inquiring mind.”
-‐Martin H. Fischer
FACT OR BLUFF?
TASK 1:
Tell whether the statement is a fact or a
bluff.
TIME ALLOTMENT:
5 secs per statement
FACT OR BLUFF
Teachers must always apply the scientific

method in order to make their lessons
inquiry-based.
FACT OR BLUFF
Inquiry-based instruction must make the

learners generate and pursue their own
questions.
FACT OR BLUFF
As long as there are hands-on activities

in a science class, there is inquiry-based
learning.
FACT OR BLUFF
Evidence is important when doing

inquiry.
FACT OR BLUFF
Inquiry is only for high achieving

learners.
TASK 2:
Construct a concept map about inquiry-based
approach showing the following:
• Dominant activities
• Importance
• Dominant Features as compared to
traditional teaching
TIME ALLOTMENT:
15 mins
WHAT ARE THE
DOMINANT ACTIVITIES
IN AN INQUIRY-BASED
CLASSROOM?
DOMINANT ACTIVITIES IN AN INQUIRY-BASED CLASSROOM
• Questioning
• Investigating
• Using evidences to describe, explain
and predict
• Connecting evidences to knowledge
• Sharing of findings
WHY IS INQUIRY
IMPORTANT IN
TEACHING SCIENCE?
IMPORTANCE OF INQUIRY IN TEACHING SCIENCE
• Prepare learners to live in a world

that is non-static.
• Enable learners to cope with changes
that will increase in complexity
throughout their lives.
• Provide learners tools for continuing
to learn.
IMPORTANCE OF INQUIRY IN TEACHING SCIENCE
• Attain important outcomes in the

classroom.
• Develop useful problem solving skills.
HOW DOES INQUIRY-BASED
INSTRUCTION COMPARE TO
TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION?
TRADITIONAL SCIENCE INSTRUCTION AND INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING
Indicator Traditional Inquiry-Based

Science Learning
Instruction
Content Focus What we know? How we come to
know?

Science Learning
Instruction
Role of Teacher Teacher gives Teacher acts as
information facilitator of
about “what is learning.
known”.

Science Learning
Instruction
Role of Learner Learner receives Learner
information. constructs
knowledge.

Science Learning
Instruction
Assessment Focus Content Skills
understanding development in
addition to
content
understanding

Science Learning
Instruction
Goal In-school success In-school success
and preparation and preparation
for the next grade for life-long
level. learning.

Science Learning
Instruction
Use of Resources Limited to what is Use resources
available in class. beyond the
classroom.
WHAT ARE THE FOUR
LEVELS OF INQUIRY?
LEVELS OF INQUIRY
LEVELS OF INQUIRY
1. LIMITED INQUIRY – learners are
provided with the question and
procedure as well as the results,
which are known in advance.
LEVELS OF INQUIRY
2. STRUCTURED INQUIRY – introduce
learners to the experience of
conducting investigation or practice
a specific inquiry skills.
LEVELS OF INQUIRY
3. GUIDED INQUIRY – the questions are
still provided by the teacher.
Learners generate an explanation
supported by an evidence they have
collected.
LEVELS OF INQUIRY
4. OPEN INQUIRY – learners have the
opportunity to act like scientists,
derive questions, design and carry
out investigations as well as
communicate results of an
investigation.
WHAT IS 5E
LEARNING MODEL?
5E LEARNING MODEL
5E LEARNING MODEL
1. ENGAGE
Focus attention
and stimulate
interest
5E LEARNING MODEL
WAYS:
• Generate interest
• Access prior knowledge
• Connect to past knowledge
• Set parameters of the focus
• Frame the idea
5E LEARNING MODEL
TEACHER’S BEHAVIOR:
• Motivates
• Creates interest
• Taps into what learners’ know or
think about the topic
• Raises questions and encourages
responses
5E LEARNING MODEL
LEARNERS’ BEHAVIOR:
• Attentive in listening
• Ask questions
• Demonstrates interest in the lesson
• Responds to questions
demonstrating their own entry point
of understanding
5E LEARNING MODEL
2. EXPLORE
Investigate and
collect information
5E LEARNING MODEL
WAYS:
• Experience key concepts
• Discover new skills
• Probe, inquire, and question
experiences
• Examine their thinking
• Establish relationships and
understanding
5E LEARNING MODEL
• Acts as a facilitator
• Observes and listens to learners as
they interact
• Asks good inquiry-oriented questions
• Provides time for learners to think
and to reflect
• Encourages cooperative learning
5E LEARNING MODEL
• Conducts activities, predicts, and
forms hypotheses or makes
generalizations
• Becomes a good listener
• Shares ideas and suspends judgment
• Records observations and/or
generalizations
• Discusses tentative alternatives
5E LEARNING MODEL
3. EXPLAIN
Explain the
understanding of
concepts and
processes; new
concepts or skills
are introduced
5E LEARNING MODEL
WAYS:
• Connect prior knowledge and
background to new discoveries
• Communicate new understandings
• Connect informal language to formal
language
5E LEARNING MODEL
• Encourages learners to explain their
observations and findings in their own
words
• Provides definitions, new words, and
explanations
• Listens and builds upon discussion form
learners
• Asks for clarification and justification
• Accepts all reasonable responses
5E LEARNING MODEL
• Explains, listens, defines, and
questions
• Uses previous observations and
findings
• Provides reasonable responses to
questions
• Interacts in a positive, supportive
manner
5E LEARNING MODEL
4. ELABORATE
Expands and
solidifies thinking
often through
application to a
real – word
problem
5E LEARNING MODEL
WAYS:
• Apply new learning to a new or
similar situation
• Extend and explain concept being
explored
• Communicate new understanding
with formal language
5E LEARNING MODEL
• Uses previously learned information
as a vehicle to enhance additional
learning
• Encourages learners to apply or
extend the new concepts and skills
• Encourages learners to use terms
and definitions previously acquired
5E LEARNING MODEL
• Applies new terms and definitions
• Uses previous information to probe,
ask questions, and make reasonable
judgments
• Provides reasonable conclusions and
solutions
• Records observations, explanations,
and solutions
5E LEARNING MODEL
5. EVALUATE
Assessment of
understanding
5E LEARNING MODEL
WAYS:
• Assess understanding (self, peer and
teacher evaluation)
• Demonstrate understanding of new
concept by observation or open
ended response
• Apply within problem situation
• Show evidence of accomplishment
5E LEARNING MODEL
• Observes learners’ behaviors as they
explore and apply new concepts and
skills
• Assesses learners’ knowledge and
skills
• Encourages learners to assess their
own learning
• Asks open-ended questions
5E LEARNING MODEL
• Demonstrates an understanding or
knowledge of concepts and skills
• Evaluates his/her own progress
• Answers open-ended questions
• Provides reasonable responses and
explanations to events or
phenomena
WHAT IS INQUIRY
THEREFORE?
INQUIRY DEFINED
• Process of seeking truth, information
or knowledge by questioning.
• A dynamic approach to learning that
involves exploring the world, asking
questions, making discoveries and
rigorously testing those discoveries in
search for new understanding.
HOW WILL YOU
RELATE INQUIRY TO
LEARNING?
INQUIRY AND LEARNING
• A dynamic approach to learning that
involves exploring the world, asking
questions, making discoveries and
rigorously testing those discoveries in
search for new understanding.
WHAT ARE THE FEATURES
OF A CURRICULUM
DESIGNED UNDER
INQUIRY-BASED
APPROACH?
INQUIRY-BASED CURRICULUM
• Recognizes learners’ drive to learn,
engages learners in central concepts
and principles, leads learners to in-
depth exploration of authentic and
important topics, uses performance-
based assessments and encourages
collaboration.
INQUIRY-BASED CURRICULUM
• The K to 12 Science Curriculum is
learner-centered and inquiry-based,
emphasizing the use of evidence in
constructing explanations.
WHAT IS INQUIRY-
BASED LEARNING?
INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING
INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING
• Development of critical thinking skills
while learning science.
• Learner-centered instructional
method that is based on substantially
increased learner involvement in the
learning process.
MODELLING
ENGAGE
Have you experienced an
earthquake? Describe the
shaking of the earth
during an earthquake?
How did you feel about it?
EXPLORE
Tasks:
Group 1: Precautionary measures that
should be done before an earthquake.

should be done during an earthquake.

should be done after an earthquake.
Justify the importance of
observing the precautionary
measures using the template
below:
Precautionary Measures Why important?
EXPLAIN
Let each group share their
outputs with the large group.
They should be able to act out

the listed precautionary
measures.
ELABORATE
WHAT TO DO BEFORE,
DURING AND AFTER AN
EARTHQUAKE?
Situation: You and your
friends are inside the
gymnasium. Suddenly,
you feel the ground
shaking. What will you
do? DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EVALUATE
Act out the precautionary measures that
a person should do in the following
situations:
• You are inside the library and an
earthquake occurred. What will
you do?
• You are in the quadrangle.
Suddenly, you feel the ground
shaking. What will you do?
POINTS TO CONSIDER:
1. Were the learners engaged in
scientifically oriented questions?
2. Were the learners provided opportunity
to prioritize evidence?
3. Were the learners given the time to
formulate their explanations?
4. Were the learners provided the means to
evaluate their explanations in the light of
alternative explanations?
5. Were the learners asked to communicate
and justify their proposed explanations?
READY FOR THE
WORKSHOP?
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE 5E LEARNING MODEL AND
PART IV: PROCEDURES OF THE DLL
Part IV: Procedures 5E Learning
Model
A. Reviewing previous lesson or presenting the new lesson. Engage
B. Establishing a purpose for the lesson. Engage
C. Presenting examples/ instances of the new lesson. Engage
D. Discussing new concepts and practicing new skill #1. Explore
E. Discussing new concepts and practicing new skill #2. Explore
F. Developing mastery. Explain
G. Finding practical applications of concepts and skills in daily Elaborate
living.
H. Making generalizations and abstractions about the lesson. Elaborate
I. Evaluating learning. Evaluate

J. Additional activities for application and remediation. Elaborate
TASK 3:
Design a science lesson using 5E Learning
Model and plot the same in the DLL
template prescribed by DO No. 42, s.
2016
TIME ALLOTMENT:
30 mins
Group 1: MATTER
S6MT-Iac-1, S6MTId-f-2
Group 2: LIVING THINGS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
S6LTIIa-b-1, S6LTIIc-d-2
S6LTIIe-f-3, S6LTIIg-h-4
S6LTIIi-j-5, S6LTIIi-j-6
Group 5: FORCE, MOTION AND ENERGY
S6FEIIIa-c-1, S6FEIIId-f-2
Group 6: EARTH AND SPACE
S6ESIVa-1, S6ESIVb-2
OUTPUT
PRESENTATION
…the biggest
challenge is to be
learner-focused
•(Photo Credit: BEST-CI Program)
“People learn best not by being told, but
by experiencing the consequences of
their own thoughts and actions.”
-‐Training House, New Jersey
“Let us help one another in developing
Filipino learners not just with the mind of
a scientist but also with the heart of a
missionary.”
-‐Jade O. Alberto
DIOS MABALOS PO!
JADE O. ALBERTO, Ed. D.
Education Program Supervisor
Curriculum Implementation Division
DepED, SDO Albay
JADE O. ALBERTO, Ed. D.
Education Program Supervisor
Curriculum Implementation Division
DepED, SDO Albay
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TEACHING SCIENCE

Teachers must always apply the scientific

Inquiry-based instruction must make the

As long as there are hands-on activities

Evidence is important when doing

Inquiry is only for high achieving

• Prepare learners to live in a world

• Attain important outcomes in the

Indicator Traditional Inquiry-Based

Indicator Traditional Inquiry-Based

Indicator Traditional Inquiry-Based

Indicator Traditional Inquiry-Based

Indicator Traditional Inquiry-Based

Indicator Traditional Inquiry-Based

Group 2: Precautionary measures that

Group 3: Precautionary measures that

They should be able to act out

I. Evaluating learning. Evaluate

•(Photo Credit: BEST-CI Program)

Padilla, M. (1990). Research Matters to the Science Teacher. NARST.

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