1. Hypothesizing It’s Not Just for Science Anymore! Seminole County Public Schools Instructional Excellence & Equity

2. “Light” “Light,” Stay Curious PBS video, 1:01, 2000, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmcPoM78e2g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmcPoM78e2g [Neither the School Board of Seminole County, Florida nor any of its schools approves, endorses, or sponsors the format and content of this site.]

3. Lesson Segment: Addressing Content Design Question: 4 What will I do to help students generate and test hypotheses?

4. During the process, students will go through different stages of emotions. They might feel uncertainty as they begin, optimism when they select a project, then confusion or frustration when they’ve gathered a lot of information and don’t know where to go with it. As they begin to sift through the information, they gain a sense of clarity and direction and begin formulating and executing the project. By the end of the process, they’ll have a sense of satisfaction or disappointment on the outcome of their presentation. http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/5-tools-to-help-students-learn-how-to-learn/ LEARNING IS MESSY! [Neither the School Board of Seminole County, Florida nor any of its schools approves, endorses, or sponsors the format and content of this site.]

5. Investigation Experimental Inquiry Problem Solving Invention Generate & Test Hypotheses System Analysis Decision Making

6. “Inquiry in PE: What it Looks Like,” Calgary Science School Video, 3:10. http://calgaryscienceschool.blogspot.com/search/label/inquiry To what extent does training affect performance? [Neither the School Board of Seminole County, Florida nor any of its schools approves, endorses, or sponsors the format and content of this site.]

7. Experimental Inquiry Explain the results and your conclusions. Examine the results in light of the original prediction. Design an experiment to test the predictions. Make a prediction based on observations.

8. Criteria Choosing A Cell Phone Carrier Cell-O-Rama Talk A lot Cellular Cell Phones Unlimited Plan Cost Monthly Minutes # Minutes Overage Charges Long Distance Messaging # Messages Overage Charges Data # GBytes Overage Charges

9. Decision Making Identify AlternativesDetermine Criteria on which Alternatives will be Judged.Predict which will be the Best AlternativeComplete the Decision Making TaskDetermine Best Alternative based on Decision Matrix Contrast Findings with Original Predictions & Support Conclusions.

10. World Peace Games – 4 th Grade John Hunter, “World Peace and Other 4 th Grade Achievements Trailer,” World Peace Game Foundation video, 8:31, 2009. http://www.worldpeacegame.org/the-film/trailer http://www.worldpeacegame.org/the-film/trailer [Neither the School Board of Seminole County, Florida nor any of its schools approves, endorses, or sponsors the format and content of this site.]

11. Problem Solving Define the Problem Identify New Context or Constraint Predict Impact to Results Test the Prediction Report Results with Constructed Supports Solving a Problem in a new context or with a constraint

12. Let Them Be Curious! “Turning Curiosity Into Science,” AP Students College Board video, 1:02, 2013, https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/exploreap/what-it- takes/student-voices/turning-curiosity-into-a-sciencehttps://apstudent.collegeboard.org/exploreap/what-it- takes/student-voices/turning-curiosity-into-a-science [Neither the School Board of Seminole County, Florida nor any of its schools approves, endorses, or sponsors the format and content of this site.]

13. Investigation Historical Investigations Answering questions about what really happened. Why did “ x ” happen? Projective Investigations What would happen if…? Definitional Investigations What are the important features of…? What are the defining characteristics of…? Testing Hypothesis about past, present or future events

14. Outcomes of DQ4: By generating and testing a hypothesis, students are applying their conceptual understanding (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001).

15. Want to learn more about DQ4? Cluster PD Visit us on the Instructional Model & Evaluation Webpage and click on the Learning Opportunities tab. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/insteval/LearningOpportunities.aspx District PD Instructional Excellence & Equity