Inquiry Process: Investigation

Investigation:

                During the investigation stage the teacher, having previously allotted time for the children to explore, now becomes more involved in the process.  Throughout the investigation stage the teacher or more knowledgeable other documents the learning that has gone on in previous stages. The documentation includes taking pictures, recordings, writing samples of what the children do and say. Through these documentation process the children are able to visualize their own learning experiences and further their own understandings by seeing the learning through another perspective. The children and teacher can also come to conclusions based on the learning experience through the documentation process. In the clear water project the teacher took pictures of the exercise. Through the observation process the teacher was able to identify that the students were interested in the treatment of water and their interrelationship with the environment.