Experiential Learning Through Inquiry in Elementary Classrooms
体验式课堂激发无限学习潜力
"Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience."
学习源于实践。只有通过动手操作才能真正消化课堂知识，从而转变为自己的学术储备。
Experiential learning through inquiry is the process of learning through experience, and it emphasizes the student's role in the learning process. It's an idea that allows students to remove themselves from of their comfort zones and digest what has been learnt during concrete, exploratory practices.
Elementary education is an early stage of education level and it provides the foundation that paves the way for students’ achievement in the future. At CIS, our teachers create varied opportunities to connect learning to real-world contexts, tasks and questions, allowing students to inquire and seek out answers by themselves. Inquiry is a core feature of the Alberta (Canada) Curriculum, and this is embedded in all the programs of study.
CIS students from Grade 1 to Grade 6 are provided instruction in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and a variety of subjects such as Music, PE and Art. Students benefit from their daily hands-on based classes and improve their core competencies via holistic teaching practices. Here’s a snapshop of some of our students' learning experiences in elementary school!
体验式学习是通过探究、实践来学习的过程，并强化了以学生为主导的课堂概念。这个方法让学生踏出舒适区之外，真正沉浸于实地动手操作，并通过探索化学习模式来高效地消化课堂内容。
小学是学习生涯的早期阶段，这个阶段为在中学学习迈向成功的奠定了基础。CIS的老师在平日的教学中不断地去创造机会，给学生设定任务、提出问题，并让他们自己去探索答案，从而使学生把课堂和现实生活遇到的问题很好地结合了起来。艾伯塔（加拿大）课程体系也非常注重这一点。
CIS为一年级到六年级的学生提供英语语言文学，数学，科学，社会科学以及其他各种学科的学习指导。他们从日常大量的体验式课堂中学到很多技能，并在全人教育的理念下全面提高他们的核心能力和竞争力。一起来看看生动有趣的小学课堂吧！
Grade 1 一年级
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Working together is a key goal for academic success. Grade 1 and Kindergarten came together on an inquiry project to engage students in the Design Cycle. Design Thinking is a powerful tool to develop the creative confidence to respond to new challenges.
· Ability to embrace failure, risk-taking and develop persistence.
· Ability to identify and define problems to actionable solutions — in innovative ways.
· Ability to learn, unlearn and relearn and ‘nothing is too big to solve’ attitude.
· Understanding the value of collaboration and feedback.
English Language Arts & Science
We began our project by reading the book “How To Catch a Star” by Oliver Jeffers. From here students engaged in rich discussions of what they know about the sky and stars and began to think of ways on how to help the little boy in the story. Working in groups students created a plan of how to create a “Star Catcher”. They listed materials they would need and drew a diagram. After planning we set off to the Idea Lab to begin our creations! As students worked together they quickly began to modify and discuss what they needed to change from their original plan and how to make it better. It was amazing to see so many different inventions and how excited all the students were to share their designs and also talk about the challenges that occurred. After sharing our designs with each other we reflected on the process and talked about what went well and what could have been better. Students were fully engaged in the learning process and outcomes in Language Arts and Science were learned such as reading comprehension and writing and seasons. The students show an understanding that it was the process of creating the Star Catcher and not the end product that was important. The world is full of endless problems waiting to be solved by the curious minds in the most creative and innovative ways!
Maths
Within math students are addition superstars! Students worked on mastering different strategies to solve equations. These strategies include: counting with our fingers, drawing out pictures, dotting ten frames, using number lines, counters and snap cubes.
Social Studies
Social studies had us walking around our school and looking to see what is in our community by CIS. We also went to our front gate to take a look at the different places around the school in our community. We discussed what places in our communities are important and started planning our next group project where students will work in groups to build their very own community. Students will use the idea lab to design, build, decorate and label their communities.
在一起工作最重要的目标就是一起在学习上进步。一年级以及幼儿园大班的孩子们一起探讨项目，被设计圆圈项目深深吸引。设计思考是一件非常有力的工具去创造自信心，迎接每一次新的挑战。
·有能力去拥抱失败，敢于冒险以及坚持不懈。
·有能力去辨别以及确认问题并采取可行的解决方案。——以创新的方式
·有能力去学习，不学习，再次学习。达到“没有什么事情是解决不了的”态度
·理解是合作与反馈的重要性
英语语言文学&科学
我们通过开始阅读书籍Oliver jeffers“怎样抓住星星”开始我们的这个项目。从这里开始，学生们对于天空和星星的知识展开了丰富的讨论，并开始思考如何帮助故事中的小男孩。学生们以小组为单位制定了一个“捕星人”计划。他们列出了需要的材料并画了一张图。计划好之后，我们就出发去创客实验室开始我们的创作！当学生们一起工作时，他们很快就开始修改和讨论他们需要从原来的计划中改变什么，以及如何使它变得更好。看到这么多不一样的发明，所有的学生都非常兴奋地分享他们的设计，并讨论了在这个过程里发生了怎样的挑战。在分享了我们的设计之后，我们反思我们的设计过程，并讨论什么是好的，什么是可以更好的。学生们充分参与到学习过程中，学习语言艺术和科学的成果，比如阅读理解和写出季节。学生们表示理解，重要的是创造捕星者的过程，而不是最终的产品。这个世界充满了无尽的问题，等待着好奇的头脑用最有创意和创新的方式来解决！
数学
在数学课力孩子们是数学执行！学生们努力掌握不一样的策略去解决等式。这些策略包括：用手指数，画出图片，用点去解决，使用数字线，计算机以及用立方体学习。
社会科学
社会科学课让我们在学校里走了一圈，通过CIS 校园观察我们的社区。我们还去了我们的前门，看看在我们的社区里学校周围有什么不一样的地方。我们讨论了在我们的社区里什么是重要的以及开始计划我们下一组课题，主要以小组形式建立自己的社区。学生们将会用到创客实验室去设计，构建，装饰和标记他们的社区。
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Grade 2 二年级
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Grade 2 has been doing a wide variety of cross-curricular learning to get the most out of our learning time together. Continued work on our social and self-regulation skills has been paying off with kindness shown and focussed on-task classwork. We also got to celebrate 100 days in class by bringing in a collection of things and wearing cool T-shirts. The two classes created centres for the students to express their creativity with the number 100!
English Language Arts
We have completed a novel study on Charlotte's Web where we examined story elements, character analysis, cause and effect, and compared and contrasted projected elements of the story into the real-world analysis. Students presented this in the form of a 'lap book' to promote a multi-sensory experience and a great visual representation of everything the students have been learning. Students responded personally to the more significant curricular outcomes in a variety of ways.
Maths
Students have been practicing and exploring their strategies for adding and subtracting two-digit numbers. They are noticing that their strategy may change as they use different materials and the types of problems they need to solve. They are continuing to build their communication skills to describe their mathematical thinking.
Social Studies
Students have virtually traveled to Iqaluit in social studies and learned how the climate affects a community, how the Inuit live, eat and dress. We are using cross-curricular projects to help students build igloos and create art that celebrates the Northern landscape of Nunavut and Inuit traditions of Inuksuk.
Science
The grade twos have been exploring magnetism, how a magnet interacts with various materials, other magnets. They can demonstrate that magnets have poles and how that affects magnetic objects to attract or repel.
二年级一直在进行各种跨课程学习，以充分利用我们的学习时间。继续表现出对社交和自我调节能力的回报，表现出仁慈并专注于任务课堂作业。我们还通过收集各种东西并穿着很酷的T恤来庆祝100天的上课时间。这两个课程为学生创建了一个中心，以100个数字表达他们的创造力！
英语语言文学
我们已经在Charlotte的网上完成了一项新颖的研究，在该研究中，我们研究了故事元素，角色分析，因果关系，并将故事的预计元素与现实世界的分析进行了对比和分析。学生们以“笔记本”的形式展示了这一内容，以促进多感官体验和学生所学内容的直观展示。学生以多种方式对更重要的课程成果做出个人回应。
数学
学生们一直在练习和探索他们加减两位数的策略。他们注意到，由于使用不同的材料以及需要解决的问题类型，他们的策略可能会发生变化。他们正在继续培养自己的沟通技巧，以描述他们的数学思维。
社会科学
学生们假装前往伊卡卢伊特（Iqaluit）进行社会研究，并了解了气候如何影响社区，因纽特人的生活，饮食和穿着。我们正在使用跨课程项目来帮助学生建造圆顶冰屋，并创作出能庆祝努纳武特北部景观和因纽特人因纽特人传统的艺术作品。
科学
小学二年级的学生一直在探索磁性，一种磁铁如何与各种材料（其他磁铁）相互作用。他们可以证明磁铁具有磁极，以及磁极如何影响磁性物体吸引或排斥。
Grade 3 三年级
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English Language Arts
In English Language Arts, students have been learning the difference between facts and opinions in order to complete their “Big Write” project, an opinion based Persuasive Essay. Students are busy planning, drafting, revising and publishing their own pieces for our classroom library. Students have been able to express and record their own opinions with reasons and evidence in order to convince their audience that their opinion is the best choice.
Maths
In Mathematics, students have finished the Number Operations unit of study! The students have focused on the four operations- addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They are able to use multiple strategies to solve two digit and three digit problems, and explain why the number operations work the way they do.
Social Studies
In Social Studies, we have started our next country study of Ukraine! The students have learned part of the important history of how Ukraine overcame the Soviet Union and became their own independent country. They will have the chance to use the CIS Idea Lab in the next two weeks to further explore the history of Ukraine and the devastation and disasters that happened to them during that period of time.
Science
In Science, students are finishing the Building and Testing with a Variety of Materials unit of study. Students have applied their knowledge and skills from this unit to use different building materials and teamwork within the classroom to build their own structures and demonstrate their learning. Students have been able to build marshmallow bridges, tin foil towers, and straw structures! Students are able to apply the theoretical knowledge they have learned about the properties of different materials, as well as the building materials that are found in the world around us.
英语语言文学
在英语课上，学生们学习了事实和观点的区别，从而可以更好地完成他们作文：用议论文的方式陈述自己的观点。学生们会写大纲、初稿，再编辑修改，最后把作文发表到班级图书馆中。通过写作课的学习，学生们可以发表和记录自己的观点，以及用论据支持论点并说服读者/观众同意。
数学
数学课上，学生们完成了数字运算的单元学习。他们重点学习了四种运算法则：加减乘除。现在他们可以用不同策略去解决两位数到三位数的数学问题，并且解释数字运算的原理。
社会科学
在社会科学课上，我们开始学习乌克兰这个国家。学生们学习了部分关于乌克兰和苏联如何成为独立国家的历史。他们有机会在接下来两个星期中运用不同的科技来探索更多乌克兰在近代发生的灾难。
科学
科学课，学生们完成了不同材料的建造与测试单元学习。通过运用已学的知识技巧和发挥团队合作精神，他们在教室里面完成了数个建造实验，展示了学习成果：棉花糖桥、铝箔纸高塔、还有吸管建筑。他们还能联系学习过的理论知识，在现实生活中认识各种建造材料。
Grade 4 四年级
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English Learning Arts
This week, students began their Big Write project, which will be a multi-week project. Students chose a person to research and write a biography about. They brainstormed questions about the person then researched using books and websites. Students were taught to take point form notes on important and interesting pieces of information as they read. They organized their notes using headings and a chart.
Maths
Decimals are used in everyday life. Students learned to describe and represent decimals up to hundredths in expanded and written form. Then, they related fractions and decimals by converting fractions and decimals.
Social Studies
This week was all about the voyageurs (a French word for ‘traveler’) Students learned about the adventures and challenges of being a voyageur in the 1780s. Students are demonstrating their learning by writing a diary entry in the point of view of a voyageur.
Science
Students went on a “waste scavenger hunt” this week, looking for evidence of ‘waste’ around our school. Students had to identify the waste and explain why they believe this item is considered waste. Students also engaged in a “See. Think. Wonder.” activity where they were introduced to different types of wastes. This activity then relates to their current research project where they work in groups to learn the parts of a food chain: producer, consumers, decomposers etc.
英语语言文学
本周，学生开始动笔做他们的长篇写作，这将是一个为期数周的项目。学生的任务是选择一个人进行研究并为其撰写传记。他们集思广益，询问有关该人的问题，然后使用书籍和网站进行研究。学生在阅读时要对重要的和有趣的信息点作笔记。记下后他们还将笔记按不同的类别整理到表格中。
数学
小数是日常生活中经常会用到的知识。同学们学会了在书面上和口头描述上拓展到小数点后两位，并用其来表达百分比。然后通过转换分数和小数来学习彼此之间的练习。
社会科学
这一周同学们学习的内容主要关于旅行者。学生们研究了1780年代旅行者的冒险经历和遇到的挑战，并学习从旅行者的角度写日记来展示自己在课堂上消化的内容。
科学
学生本周进行了一次“废弃物品寻宝游戏”，寻找我们学校周围都有哪些废弃物品。在游戏开始前，学生们必须先识别废弃物品是什么，并解释为什么他们认为该物品被认为已经废弃了。学生们还通过一个叫做“看，思考，提出疑问”的活动认识了不同类型的废弃物品。此活动很好地与他们当前的小组研究项目产生了联系，并由此学习食物链的各个部分：生产者，消费者，分解者等。
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Grade 5 五年级
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Students have been learning and applying all sorts of new skills and knowledge! They are developing their social skills as well, taking more responsibility for themselves and recognizing the impact of their actions. This is a skill all leaders must have. We have been developing the ability to recognize the difference between healthy friendships and toxic friendships.
English Language Arts
Students have continued to work on their grammar and writing skills. We have most recently worked on writing personal letters as well as writing effective paragraphs. We have looked at planning, drafting, revising, peer editing and publishing. Students have continued to work on their oral reading skills to their kindergarten buddies as well as their silent reading skills. Reading comprehension is continually worked on week after week.
Maths
Students have continued to work on their number sense. The most recent units were Fractions and Multiplication. Students can now convert fractions into decimals and vice versa, compare fractions, find equivalent fractions and understand the language of fractions. In multiplication students can multiply using a variety of techniques including mental math, halving and doubling, estimating, arrays, and are familiar with the math terminology.
Social Studies
In Social Studies, we have continued to work our way along Canada from East to West. We have finished talking about “The Canadian Shield” region of Canada. Students have examined the landscape, culture, history, major cities, First Nations and current conditions of this region. They have learned about historical figures and events such as Henry Hudson, David Thompson and the Underground Railway. Students understand how the First Nations lived, how they used the land and importance of the Métis people during the fur trade.
Science
Students have examined electricity and magnetism in our most recent units. Students understand electrical safety, electrical properties, different kinds of circuits and how to make their own circuit. Currently, we are in the middle of a science-music collaboration, where students use “Makey-Makey” to create circuits and create their own instruments using everyday material. Students can also now identify the properties of magnets, conductors, insulators and how we can use electricity to make magnets and vice versa.
学生们一直在学习和运用各种新技能和知识！他们也在发展自己的社交技能，对自己承担更多责任，并认识到自己行为的影响。这是所有领导者必须具备的技能。我们一直在发展认识健康的友谊和消极的友谊之间的区别的能力。
英语语言文学
学生们继续致力于语法和写作技巧。我们最近从事写个人信件以及撰写有效段落的学习。我们已经研究了计划，草拟，修订，同行编辑和出版。学生们继续努力向幼儿园的伙伴们学习口语阅读技巧以及他们的默读技巧。阅读理解在一周又一周的时间里持续不断地工作。
数学
学生们继续致力于他们的数字感。最近的单位是分数和乘法。现在，学生可以将分数转换为小数，反之亦然，比较分数，找到等价的分数，并理解分数的语言。在乘法中，学生可以使用多种技术进行乘法运算，包括心算，减半和加倍，估计，数组以及熟悉数学术语。
社会科学
在社会科学领域，我们继续从加拿大东到西的各地开展学习。我们已经结束了对加拿大“加拿大盾”地区的讨论。学生们检查了该地区的景观，文化，历史，主要城市，原住民和当前状况。他们了解了历史人物和事件，例如亨利·哈德森（Henry Hudson），戴维·汤普森（David Thompson）和地下铁路。学生了解原住民的生活，在皮草贸易过程中他们如何利用梅蒂斯人的土地和重要性。
科学
学生们已经在我们最近的单元中检查了电和磁。学生将了解电气安全性，电气特性，各种电路以及如何制作自己的电路。目前，我们正处于科学与音乐的合作之中，学生可以使用“ Makey-Makey”来创建电路并使用日常材料来创建自己的乐器。现在，学生还可以确定磁体，导体，绝缘子的属性，以及如何使用电来制造磁体，反之亦然。
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Grade 6 六年级
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English Language Arts
This week in Language Arts, we will learn about conjunctions. A conjunction is the glue that holds words, phrases and clauses (both dependent and independent) together. There are three different kinds of conjunctions -- coordinating, subordinating, and correlative -- each serving its own, distinct purpose, but all working to bring words together. We will also begin our poetry unit this week by learning about acrostic and shape poems. An acrostic poem is a poem where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase. Typically, the first letters of each line are used to spell the message, but they can appear anywhere. A shape poem is a poem that is shaped like the thing it describes. The shape adds to the meaning of the poem.
Maths
In the grade 6 math classes, the students just finished a unit on Measurement. In this unit, the students learned about angles. They learned the different types of angles (acute, obtuse, right, reflex, straight), how to measure angles and how to draw angles using protractors. They also developed the skill to estimate angle measurements without using protractors, as well as rapidly identifying the type of angle it is simply by looking at it. As a culminating activity, the students got to play with various type of angles by creating a ping pong trick shot. Their task was to have a ping pong ball bounce through different angles before landing inside of a cup. It was challenging but fun, and the students really enjoyed the satisfaction of succeeding in this task.
Social Studies
This week in Social Studies, we will learn about the ancient Athenian government timeline. Athens has been continuously inhabited for over 3,000 years, becoming the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC; its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of western civilization. In ancient Athens, they used direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are representative democracies.
Science
Recently in science, the grade 6 students have been learning about the different parts of an airplane. Earlier in the school year, we learned how airplanes fly using Bernoulli’s principle. With that in mind, the students explored even further by learning how airplanes maneuver and maintain stability during flight. They were able to recognize different parts on a plane, learn what the components of these parts are, and discover how these parts provide stability and control to aircraft flight. Students demonstrated their learning by making their own airplane models. Some made them using various materials that were available to them in the IDEA LAB, while others chose to graphically make them, and print them out on 3-D printers. In the end, they were able to construct amazing airplanes that clearly displayed the various parts on a plane that they learned throughout the unit.
英语语言文学
本周的语言艺术课程，我们将学习连词。连词是将单词，短语和从句（从属和独立）结合在一起的粘合剂。共有三种不同的连词- 并列连词，从属连词和相关连词-每种都有自己独特的目的，但是都可以将单词组合在一起。我们还将在本周开始我们的诗歌学习，学习藏头诗和形状诗。藏头诗是每行特定的字母拼出一个单词或词组的诗。通常每一行的首字母用于拼写消息，但它们可以出现在任何地方。形状诗是形状像它所描述的东西的诗。形状增添了诗的含义。
数学
在6年级的数学课程中，学生们刚刚完成了测量的单元。在本单元中，学生学习了角度。他们学习了不同类型的角度（锐角，钝角，直角，反射角，平角），如何测量角度以及如何使用量角器绘制角度。他们还开发了无需使用量角器即可估算角度测量值的技术，并且只需查看即可快速确定角度的类型。作为一项高潮活动，学生们通过制作乒乓球技巧投射来进行各种角度的比赛。他们的任务是让乒乓球从不同角度弹起，然后着陆到杯中。这项任务充满挑战但又十分有趣，学生们享受完成这项任务带来满足感。
社会科学
这周的社会研究中，我们将了解古代雅典政府的时间表。雅典已有3000多年的历史，在公元前一千年成为古希腊的主要城市。它在公元前5世纪的文化成就奠定了西方文明的基础。在古代雅典，他们使用直接民主或纯民主是人们直接决定政策举措的一种民主形式。这不同于目前建立的大多数民主国家，它们是代表性民主国家。
科学
最近在科学领域，六年级的学生一直在学习飞机的不同部分。在学年初，我们学习了飞机如何利用伯努利原理飞行。在这一基础上，学生们通过学习进一步探索如何操纵飞行中的飞机和保持其稳定性。他们能够识别飞机上的不同部分，了解这些部分的组成部分，并发现这些部分如何为飞机飞行提供稳定性和控制力。学生们通过制作自己的飞机模型展示了他们的学习经验。部分同学使用IDEA LAB中可用的各种材料制作它们，而另一部分同学选择以图形方式制作它们并在3-D打印机上打印出来。最后，他们能够制造出惊人的飞机，并清楚地展示了在这个单元中所学习的关于飞机的各个部分。
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