This project has me puzzled....puzzled over what topic to pick and puzzled about why, when I have an opportunity (and excuse!) to persue an interest, I can't think of anything! There are so many times that I've looked at lists of books or books on the shelf and thought there were many that looked intriguing...if I just had the time. Now when I need to take the time, I can't figure out what to delve into! I've even looked at past students' pursuits....
In my introduction, I mentioned a cotton plant that I had growing on my deck just because I was curious about this. Maybe I should pursue that topic in depth.
I thought about checking with my son's teacher about the IN history topic and seeing if something there would spark my interest.
I definitely have other interests: reading, sewing, knitting, gardening, piecing quilts, but can't figure out an avenue in one of those areas of interest to do some inquiry!
Yesterday as I was kicking this around the cerebral circumference (a borrowed, but descriptive, phrase), I thought about a science project that I always thought would be interesting to do. I finally did it a couple years ago with my first graders. This was a controlled project: we asked the question about how accurate is the weather forecast. We kept track of the predicted high temperature and actual high temperature for about 30 days (not exactly sure how long). We discovered that sometimes the prediction is higher and sometimes the prediction is lower! Science projects must put students in this same quandry of what topic to pick!
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I started this blog before doing much reading about the various models and background of models of research and inquiry. This entry certainly fits Kuhlthau's "Initiation" stage of Information Search Process. I was very contemplating the assignment--truly probably looking at the big picture as much as just trying to discern a topic that I wanted to learn about.
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