Today, as you may have guessed from the title, was another snow day. One good thing that came out of this was that I got to test out my inquiry idea from yesterday!
How did it go, you may ask? Very well. I was impressed by my students and their willingness to engage in an activity that was completely not for marks, simply for the sake of learning and sharing information. Students looked into different topics from video games to sports' techniques and from animals to boy bands. I had given the the kids a few examples of possible questions to start with, but they chose to come up with their own. Students were informed that they must be able to provide some sort of evidence of their learning by lunch hour.
For the most part, the kids worked hard and produced a bouquet of evidence of learning. Posters, powerpoints, videos and demonstrations! It was really cool to learn more about my students, their interests and what inquiry might look like.
Moving forward, I would definitely do this again as it was a productive way for kids to spend the day. With that said, anyone planning to do this will have to change it for the class they teach. If it had been a different class, or even a different group of kids from my current class, this activity would have had to be more structured.
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