Brandon
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As of yet, I have little experience with the citizen science programs, and seeing as I'm a college student, I haven't yet had the opportunity to implement citizen science in a classroom setting. In the future however, citizen science seems like a great way to get students involved and interested in science. While teaching a science lesson, I think getting students involved in a citizen science program would be helpful in teaching them that the work that they do and they science that they can get involved in is useful and important. Often times, science education is severely lacking when compared to math and reading, and I think citizen science can help to teach students about the scientific process as well as science content. Ultimately, sparking children's interests in science is the hardest part, but citizen science makes significant strides to help students get interested. As a native new Mexican I would be most interested in implementing the Pathways: Wildlife Corridors of NM.
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Inquiry describes a way of learning that focuses on the development of critical thinking skills in students. It relies on the innate human ability to ask questions and desire to learn. In inquiry-based learning, the teacher takes on a new role as a facilitator and guide rather than a person to share and list facts extensively for students to memorize. While typical learning and teaching strategies focus on the transfer and memorization of information, inquiry learning instead focuses on the ability of students to gather and synthesize information on their own. As stated in the reading, inquiry learning gives students a chance to encounter their own information whereas typical strategies rely on students to be able to recall and recite "someone else's information." With that said, inquiry learning still gives students of any age and level the opportunity to fully grasp course concepts with hands on and personalized instruction.
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