Kelly Kluthe - Progression

I've made a lot of progress in student-led inquiry. Instead of giving students step-by-step instructions that expect all students to arrive at the same answer, I've allowed students to create their own experiments. To learn animal behavior, students went to the garden to observe insects. They then worked as groups to design an experiment that would be tested. Some groups tested whether ants were attracted to tap water or sugar water, what color flowers bees were attracted to, whether butterflies preferred sun or shade, along with many other questions. It allowed for more creativity and higher thinking, plus the students had fun working on something they were personally interested in.