Using+Inquiry+Like+a+Scientist

** Using Inquiry to Think Like a Scientist **
=== Can chocolate act as a preservative? Does one perform better exercising to music? Put on your lab coat, think like a scientist and formulate a testable question. This workshop will showcase a yearlong research project created to help middle school students understand the scientific method and the process of experimentation through the inquiry approach. Presenters will share a presentation of photographs, examples of student work and reflective pieces that document the inquiry process of the project. Participants will take away materials to implement this inquiry approach in their library programs. ===

====//Mary Jeanne Dicker (dickermj@guilderlandschools.org) is head librarian at Farnsworth Middle School in Guilderland. She has presented at conferences for SLMS, the NYS English Council and the National Science Teachers Association. Todd Higendorff teaches science to 7th and 8th graders at Farnsworth Middle School. He is an active member of the science department and presented at last year’s NSTA conference. Julie Long is a middle school science teacher and mentor and has presented at NSTA conferences on ways to incorporate science research into the classroom.//====