Inquiry-Based Activity in the Classroom:
In senior infants we carried out an investigation to find out which materials would be best suited to make an umbrella and then had great fun making them! The pupils suggested a number of materials including plastic, tinfoil, cardboard, paper and felt and made predictions about which they thought would be most effective and why. They carried out in small groups so everyone got to be involved in all aspects of the inquiry-based activity. Then each group presented their findings to the whole class and we reflected on the results.
I like the lesson in module 1 investigating how to clean up the spill and the use of The Curious Minds/ESERO Framework for inquiry which I wasn’t familiar with prior to the course. I will definitely be putting into practice going forward in my planning and utilising the fantastic classroom resources and activities.