Many teachers are already using Digital Inquiry in Google Classroom and Schoology. Now that schools are shifting to remote learning, even more teachers are interested in making Science Digital Inquiry a key part of instruction. I’ve been asked to create more of these activities so I am moving as swiftly as I effectively can to provide this resource to upper elementary educators.
Why use Science Digital Inquiry?
- aligned to NGSS & TEKS
- no prep
- Google Classroom-ready
- differentiated with 3 levels of supports
- integrates literacy standards
Earth Science Topics
See all 10 topics as a bundle deal: Earth Science Digital Inquiry Bundle
1. How do glaciers change Earth’s surface?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels?
3. How does the shape of the coast change due to weathering, erosion, and deposition?
4. How does Earth’s water change form?
5. Why does the Sun appear to move across the sky?
6. Why does Earth have seasons?
7. Why does the Moon’s appearance seem to change?
8. What makes the Moon and Sun so different from Earth?
9. How do sedimentary rocks form?
10. What is the difference between weather and climate?
See all 10 topics as a bundle deal: Earth Science Digital Inquiry Bundle
Life Science Topics:
See all 10 topics as a GROWING bundle deal: Life Science Digital Inquiry Bundle
1. How do land mammals use their claws to survive? (adaptations)
2. What structures help desert animals survive? (adaptations)
3. How do crows solve problems? (inherited and learned, groups)
Topics in progress for release in spring
4. How do fossils help us learn about past environments?
5. How do honeybees interact with living and nonliving components of their ecosystem?
6. What happens to wastes from animals’ bodies? (decomposers)
7. How does humans’ use and disposal of plastic impact the ocean?
8. What if there were no sharks? (ecosystems)
9. How do plants get energy?
10. How do animals use their environment to build shelters?
See all 10 topics as a GROWING bundle deal: Life Science Digital Inquiry Bundle
Activity Information
Each topic includes a PDF with a link to Google Slides files that you can copy and distribute to your students. It is compatible with Google Classroom. It is not intended to be used in printed format.
In each activity, students will work independently to collect information from multiple sources, write important notes from the sources that answer the question, and construct a response that includes evidence from their notes.
How To Video
Please view the video to learn how to share this resource with your students in Google Classroom.
Learn how to use this resource in Schoology.
Differentiation Options
There are three different files included. The content is all the same but the student pages are scaffolded at 3 different levels to help individual students successfully accomplish the task. If a student is offered a scaffold that they do not need, then I recommend allowing them to complete the activity without it.
A: guided questions for note-taking and no scaffolding for written response
B: guided questions for note-taking and optional sentence stems for written response
C: guided questions for note-taking and fill in the blank with drag and drop terms for written response
See all Science Digital Inquiry from The Science Penguin.
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