Workshop PowerPoint: How to Build Independent Learners

1. How to Build Independent Learners The Inquiry Process, Benchmark Skills, and Information Literacy

4. Inquiry Cycle

15. How Do We Teach This Process? Information Literacy, Inquiry and Benchmark Skills are NEVER taught in isolation. They are always embedded into one of the disciplines.

17. Integrating Inquiry and Information Literacy with Benchmark Skills Sample Topic: Cloning “ Cloning” cuts across all disciplines ELA : House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Social Studies : Impact on legal system, population control, voting rights, representation Science : Implications for genetics, healthcare, environment

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20. Results Lesson #1

21. Modify Lesson #1

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23. Sample Lesson #2 (cont’d)

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29. CONSTRUCTING A LESSON Graphic Organizer What do you want your students to get out of this lesson? Benchmarks Inquiry Phase End Product Content Subject

30. CONSTRUCTING A LESSON Topic: Cloning Student considers various POVs and the merits of resources before choosing the best one for the required project Benchmarks Reflect and Express: how might unregulated cloning affect our representation in gov’t Inquiry Phase Student writes a letter to the editor of a law journal on his/her POV on cloning End Product Representation in government Content: U. S. History Subject

31. CONSTRUCTING A LESSON Topic: Cloning Students take notes using one or more of a variety of note-taking techniques Benchmarks Connect: Students find background information on how countries use the world’s natural resources Inquiry Phase Draw a graph that compares which countries use the most/least of any 4 natural resources End Product Use of natural resources Content: Earth Science Subject

32. CONSTRUCTING A LESSON Topic: Cloning Students weigh the pros and cons of unregulated human cloning Benchmarks Wonder: Students develop questions on the reasons for and uses of clones Inquiry Phase Students write an original short story in which clones are central to the plot End Product House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Content: ELA Subject

40. Audio: U.S. History