Structured Inquiry

In the structured inquiry lesson this week, time proved to be the biggest challenge.  We had the Iowa Assessments that took up a majority of the week.  We implemented the lesson on Friday before our Valentine's party, but ran out of time to properly wrap up and assess the lesson.  We will continue the lesson on Monday and I hope to get some more participation on the class wiki to check for understanding.  The assessment was to create a plan to stay heart healthy (we studied the impacts of narrowing veins).  The optional posts on the wiki (over the weekend: we will go to the lab next week) were vague and did not show students have met the learning objective.  It became evident they need a rubric to help guide their explanations.  Our class wiki can be found at: saunderswilson.pbworks.com.  The link directly to student conversations on the lesson can be found at: http://saunderswilson.pbworks.com/w/page/50841526/HEART%20HEALTH%20PLANS