Piloting Tips and Strategies
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General Tips & Teaching Strategies for Pilot Teachers
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Science Talks
Science talks are one effective tool to help children wonder about the natural world. By generating their own ideas and theories about the world, children become personally invested in seeking answers to those questions, thereby setting the stage for science investigations. A good science talk will not only stimulate thinking, but will stimulate children“s enthusiasm to discover answers on their own. Science talks can form the basis of a rich inquiry science experience. Science talks are open-ended class discussions are teacher facilitated rather than teacher directed. Science talks allow children to articulate their own ideas, and, as a group, build on each other“s ideas. A successful science talk is a genuine group thinking session, rather than a sequence of individual ideas. The teacher“s role is to model active listening and open your ears to what your children are thinking.
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Using the I Wonder Circle As a Reference Tool
Have students cut out and attach this reduction of the “I Wonder” Circle poster to the inside front cover of their composition books. This would provide students with a quick reference to the concept of doing science…and provide them with the vocabulary to communicate with their peers about scientific inquiry.
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I Wonder Circle Poster for Composition Books
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