Changes All Around Us Unit Plan

All the hype in educational research are two forms of learning inquiry-based learning and project based-learning. Both are vital learning strategies to use in a classroom to promote student involvement. Inquiry-based learning is seeking information by asking questions. It is in an involvement of the students in their own learning.quiry-based learning is seeking information by asking questions. It is in an involvement of the students in their own learning. Inquiry-based learning is being used in the classroom to tie activities and knowledge from specific subject areas in the classroom to the outside world and giving students a sense of the “bigger picture.” The components are also aiding in developing useful problem-solving skills that can be applied to future "need to know" situations that students will encounter both at school and at work. In the classroom, inquiry-based learning develops habits of mind that guide learning and creative thinking. Inquiry-based learning is being used in the classroom to tie activities and knowledge from specific subject areas in the classroom to the outside world and giving students a sense of the “bigger picture.” The components are also aiding in developing useful problem-solving skills that can be applied to future "need to know" situations that students will encounter both at school and at work. In the classroom, inquiry-based learning develops habits of mind that guide learning and creative thinking.
In my Unit Plan, these two learning bases are important. Students will have to question what they see around them and apply new knowledge to what they already know. Students know that the world around them changes but it is important to discover it on a new level. Project-based learning will also come to play a part in this unit plan when students explore ways to change their communities and schools.
Essential Question: Why does the world around us change?
Unit Questions: How does the world change? How do we change? How can we change the world around us?