After reading the article on inquiry-based learning, I've been thinking about all of the science experiments I loved in school - the water basin that helped me learn about refraction and the physics of water and the bridge my friend and I built out of coffee stirrers in middle school. Inquiry based learning is all about developing theories and predictions and testing out your ideas to learn for yourself the consequences of your test and what they mean. I think these experiences are valuable for every type of student in every classroom - because it teaches the generalizable skills of questioning and analyzing that help you to think problems through.
This is a photo of fog rolling into Sausalito, CA taken from a boat returning to San Francisco. I think this photo would be a great start to an inquiry-based lesson about weather and atmosphere.
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