My partner Eric Moore and I experimenting with our balloon!
Inquiry is the use of natural thought processes to mentally explore, question, and figure out how things work and why. I can show others that I understand inquiry and it's importance in the development of participating in a learning community of inquiry.
In the above picture I, along with my partner in crime Eric Moore, are trying to place the right amount of sand and other items into the egg carton cut out attached to our balloon to where the balloon will still float. We are using inquiry to determine what steps we might take to reach this goal.
As a teacher I can use inquiry to reach many goals in the classroom. When I allow my students the chance to experiment and experience different things through the use of their own inquiry they get a firsthand encounter of the material. In that, my students will learn how to become independent learners and explore the world around them! The more my students are able to explore their own world, the more likely it is that they will explore their world on their own without the aid of a teacher or another.
