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I N Q U I R Y & I N N O V AT I O N I N
HUMAN ECOLOGY

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Hook
Learning Objective
Activity
Worksheet
Classroom Management
Video Clip
Field Trip
Answer Key
Quiz
Assessment
Comments
Work Habits
Report Cards

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THE MOST DANGEROUS

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What is teaching?
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What is teaching?
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What is learning?
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What is learning?
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THE MOST DANGEROUS

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What is a great learning environment?

differentiated
student-centred
fluid
flexible
safe
personalized
authentic
rubrics

choice
opportunities
literacy
transparency
passion
inquiry-based
project-based
play

What is an innovative mindset?

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overwhelm
/vr(h)welm/
verb
past tense: overwhelmed; past participle: overwhelmed

to affect (someone) very strongly

to cause (someone) to have too many things to deal with
to defeat (someone or something) completely

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What is an innovative mindset?

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cynical
/sink()l/
adjective

believing that people are generally selfish and dishonest

contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives

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THE MOST DANGEROUS

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innovation
/invSH()n/
noun

a new idea, device, or method

the act or process of introducing new ideas

devices, or methods

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What is inquiry and innovation?

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Focus on Inquiry
Alberta Learning Network

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What is inquiry and innovation in Human Ecology?

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What makes us who we are?

What does our class

look like, sound like
and feel like?
How does effective
communication affect
our work space?

How does our

knowledge of
nutrition affect
our food
decisions?

How do food
preparation
techniques
affect healthy
eating?

How do we ensure
safety and
sanitation in our
work space?

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What makes us who we are?

What does our class

look like, sound like
and feel like?

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What makes us who we are?

How do we ensure
safety and
sanitation in our
work space?

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What makes us who we are?

What does our class
look like, sound like
and feel like?

Reflection
How does our
knowledge of
nutrition affect
our food
decisions?

How did you feel today?

What did you enjoy?
What challenged you?
What would you change about this activity?

What was the purpose of todays

activity?
How does todays activity affect your
classroom activities in the future?
How does todays activity affect your
choices for the future?
How does the activity relate to the
bigger question?

How do we ensure
safety and
sanitation in our
work space?
How do food
preparation techniques
affect healthy
eating?
How does effective
communication affect
our work space?

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What makes us who we are?

What does our class

look like, sound like
and feel like?

How does effective

communication affect
our work space?

How does our

knowledge of
nutrition affect
our food
decisions?

How do food
preparation
techniques
affect healthy
eating?

How do we ensure
safety and
sanitation in our
work space?

What makes us who we are?

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What is inquiry and innovation in Human Ecology?

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FOCUS & SCOPE

(CONTENT)

QUESTIONS
& THEMES

THEORY
D E M O N S T R AT I O N
LAB

PROJECT PLANNING
P R O T O T Y P E C R E AT I O N & T E S T I N G
FA I L U R E
REFLECTION

PREDETERMINED
PROJECTS &
LESSONS LINKED
TO LEARNING
OUTCOMES

S T U D E N T- C R E AT E D
CONNECTIONS &
DISCOVERY OF CONTENT

ASSESSMENT OF
CONTENT

ASSESSMENT FOR
LEARNING&
CONNECTION

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What does planning for inquiry look like?

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How do I support inquiry in the classroom?

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Metacognition
Learning how to learn.
Becoming aware of ones own
thinking processes and reflecting on it.

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What are my students going to learn?

How are they going to learn it?
What research do I need to do?

How do I NOT support inquiry in the classroom?

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a great education doesnt come from

a teacher who thinks for you. It comes from
a teacher who teaches (and pushes) you
to think for yourself.
- Hunter Maat & Katie OBrien
(Authors of The Straight-A Conspiracy)

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How do I assess inquiry and innovation?

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How do I assess inquiry and innovation?

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How do I assess inquiry and innovation?

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insanity is doing the same thing over

and over again and expecting different
results
- Albert Einstein

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Design Framework for Innovative Teaching and Learner Success

UNDERSTAND

What curriculum will be addressed?

This document is inspired by research and ideas from a number of others . If you have this copy, its in draft mode and we welcome your feedback.
Please send any feedback to Neil Stephenson (Delta School District) nstephenson@deltasd.bc.ca

What will count as evidence (success criteria) of understanding? How will this criteria be communicated to or created
with students?

Big Ideas

DO

Curricular
Competencies

What Essential or Driving Question will frame the learning?

KNOW

Core
Competencies

How will students demonstrate or perform their

understanding? (i.e., performance tasks, exhibitions,
reports, portfolios, presentations, etc)

Content

What thinking habits, skills or strategies will help students develop understanding? How will you help uncover and
support student thinking?

What FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT strategies will you use to evaluate student learning and adjust your teaching?
Where will students have the opportunity to share their understanding in order to receive feedback, revise and
improve?

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Is inquiry and innovation all about technology?

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Is inquiry and innovation all about technology?

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Is inquiry and innovation all about technology?

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Can Change Occur

Without Action?

How does
autonomy affect
our transition to
adulthood?

How do
relationships
affect our
perspectives?

Does stress do more harm

than good?

Are independence
and dependence
mutually
exclusive?

Is change necessary?

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To study is not to consume ideas, but to

create and re-create them.
- Paulo Friere

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JOE TONG
@TEACHERTONG
HTTP://FHLEARN.CA/JTONG
TONG_J@SURREYSCHOOLS.CA

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