Inquiry-Based Learning:

What You Will Learn

This training will provide specific strategies and steps needed to develop and effectively administer lessons that focus on student engagement and discovery-based learning. By the end of the course you will have built your own inquiry-based lesson plan, ready to be used in your own classroom. This includes:

You Will Learn:

• The benefits of using inquiry-based learning at any grade level
• The critical components of a successful inquiry-based lesson plan
• What an inquiry-based lesson looks like in a classroom
• How to design your own inquiry-based lesson plan

Course Guiding Question:

What is Inquiry-Based Learning, and how can I implement it in my own classroom?

Professional Development Credits

At the conclusion of the course, you will receive a certificate for 10 Professional Development Hours (Clock Hours, CPEs).

Model Teaching Professional Development Courses are pre-approved in many states and we provide easy approval forms to submit to your license granting authority if required.

If you are a teacher seeking license renewal and wish to verify acceptance of our Professional Development Courses, please view our PD STATE REQUIREMENTS PAGE to learn more about your state’s requirements.

Also, consider taking our UNIVERSITY-PARTNERED, ACADEMIC CREDIT COURSES to earn regionally accredited units or credits, accepted by most states for teacher re-licensing and salary advancement.

Approval Information About This Course for Teaching License Renewal & Continuing Education

Model Teaching has helped thousands of teachers across the country meet their relicensing requirements.

This course is Pre-Approved in the following states for License Renewal and Continuing education:

• Texas – CPE’s, TEA-Approved
• New York CTLE’s – NYSED-Approved
• Pennsylvania DOE – ACT 48-Approved
• Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) – Approved
• Nevada DOE
• Tennessee
• Other States As Well

If you do not see your state listed here, this course may be pre-approved in your state as well. Chat with us or leave a ticket for our recommendations.

For More Information About Your Specific State Requirements, Please View Your State Requirements

Please confirm your specific district or state requirements for license renewal prior to registering and feel free to reach out to us with any questions you may have about our courses.

Topics Covered and General Course Outline

Section 1 – What Is Inquiry?

• The meaning of inquiry-based instructional strategy
• The rationale behind using the inquiry-based strategy in the classroom

Section 2 – Teacher & Student Roles

• The role of the teacher in an inquiry-based classroom
• The role of the student in an inquiry-based classroom

Section 3 – A Classroom Snapshot of Inquiry-Based Learning

• What an inquiry-based lesson looks like in an actual elementary school classroom

Section 4 – Developing a Lesson Plan

• Learn the components of an inquiry-based lesson
• Develop an inquiry-based lesson outline

Section 5 – Developing Rigorous Questions

• Review the six levels of questions on Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Use Bloom’s Taxonomy to create questions at various cognitive thinking skill levels for your lesson

Section 6 – Developing Guiding Activities

• Review the four levels of activities from Webb’s Depth of Knowledge
• Use Webb’s Depth of Knowledge to design activities at various levels of complexity for your lesson

Helpful Resources & Templates Included With the Course

The course comes with 20 templates, tools, and graphic organizers ready to be used in your classroom!

These Include:

• Bloom’s Taxonomy Guide to Writing Questions
• Effectiveness Rubric
• Guiding Questions Worksheet
• Inquiry-Based Lesson Plan Outline-SAMPLE 1
• Inquiry Path Worksheet-SAMPLE 1
• Inquiry-Based Lesson Plan Template-SAMPLE
• Root Cause Weekly Behavior Tracker
• Classroom Procedures Plan
• Guiding Activities Worksheet
• Guiding Questions Worksheet-SAMPLE
• Inquiry-Based Lesson Plan Outline-SAMPLE 2
• Inquiry Path Worksheet-SAMPLE 2
• KWL Chart
• Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Guide
• Classroom Procedures Plan-SAMPLE
• GuidingActivities Worksheet-SAMPLE
• Inquiry-Based Lesson Plan Outline
• Inquiry Path Worksheet
• Inquiry-Based Lesson Plan Template
• Root Cause Daily Behavior Tracker

Register for the course Inquiry-Based Learning: Using Inquiry as a Teaching Strategy now.