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Silverwing Inquiry Project

Filed Under Homework, Silverwing Novel Study 

Over the last few weeks the class and I have been working on developing thick questions. The students tried to write their own thick questions for the first time on Monday. This project has now gone home to be returned by Tuesday, February 17th (the note had originally said the 16th but I now realize this is a holiday). Some students have told me they can’t find the answer to their question. The intent is for the students to be creative and use many resources. Thick questions help us make personal connections and use what we know to help find the answer. We have been talking in class about ‘thinking and searching’. We are trying to move away from thin questions where the answer is right in front of us. This is a difficult task and I anticpate it will be a good challenge for each student.

 

Students – please share your questions by replying to this post.

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35 Responses to “Silverwing Inquiry Project”

  1. RV013 on February 4th, 2009 4:53 pm

    FIRST-Do bats always escape from zoos?

    SECOND-How do we investigate bats importance?

    FINALLY-Discover how long it took to find bats importance?

  2. rvo21 on February 4th, 2009 5:19 pm

    First:what is the longest bat to live?

    then:Discover the types of longest liveing bats?

    Finally:discover the spishies of longest liveing bats in the world?

  3. RV019 on February 4th, 2009 5:24 pm

    I’ve been searching on the internet for the answer, but I can’t seem to find it. I’ll keep searching, though.

  4. RV004 on February 4th, 2009 5:30 pm

    First: Who made the name bat.

    Then: Did the person have a relationship with a bat

    Finally: Did the personwho discovered the name bat have a relationship with bats

  5. RV016 on February 4th, 2009 6:01 pm

    1) How many bats are in the zoo?
    2) Why do the zoo keepers want bats?
    3) Where do the zoo keepers find the bats?

  6. RV008 on February 4th, 2009 6:36 pm

    How much money do they spend on bats each year.

    Study the result the money they spend on bats each year.

    Study the result the zoo keepers spend on bats in the zoo each year.

  7. RV003 on February 4th, 2009 7:05 pm

    1. What is the longest bat to live?
    2. What are the types of bats that live long?
    3. Discover the types of bats that live the longest in the world, and why they live longer than other bats.

  8. Anonymous on February 4th, 2009 8:09 pm

    First, are bats the only animals with echo vision?

    Then, what other typs of animals have echo vision if there are any?

    Finally, research what other animals have echo vision?

  9. RVO14 on February 4th, 2009 8:39 pm

    Who made the name bats?

    What kinds of people make the name bats?

    What kinds of people gave bats the name bats?

  10. RV009 on February 4th, 2009 8:47 pm

    First- Do bats like it in the zoo?

    Then- Discover changes when a bat go’s in the zoo and comes out are the results diffrent?

    Finally- Discover the changes with a bat in the zoo and a bat that’s has free space are the results diffrent?

  11. RVO17 on February 4th, 2009 9:11 pm

    Are there lots of bats in Canada or Us.

    Who has more bats the Us or Canada.

    Who has more types of bats Us or Canada.

  12. RV006 on February 4th, 2009 9:14 pm

    Fist-How old was Tree Haven?

    Then- What characteristies of bats get the albino.

    Finally- What are the characteristies of the albino bat?

  13. RVO20 on February 4th, 2009 9:42 pm

    FIRSThow much money do they spend on bats each year.

    THENwhat purpose do they spend money on bats.

    FINALLYfor what purpose do zoos spend money on bats

  14. RV022 on February 4th, 2009 9:51 pm

    First,
    How much money do zoos spend on bats each year?

    Then,
    Research the importance of conservation.

    Finally,
    what is the importance of conservation?

  15. rv018 on February 4th, 2009 10:20 pm

    Do bats always escape from zoos?

    How do bats discover a way to escape from the zoo?

    Why and how do bats escape from zoos?

  16. ehammond on February 4th, 2009 10:29 pm

    If you’re having trouble finding your answer then think about how you could change your question. Can you still meet your needs by making changes? Don’t forget to check different sources, the internet is a great tool but not the only place we can look.

    If you still cannot find your answer can you make an educated prediction or share some of your ideas with the information you have found?

    Let me know how I can help.

    Mme Hammond

  17. RV005 on February 5th, 2009 9:01 am

    First, Why do bats have wings?

    Then, Compare the changes of bats if they couldn’t fly?

    Finally,Compare the changes of bats if they had arms no wings?

    (that means they would’t be able to fly)

  18. RV001 on February 5th, 2009 9:09 am

    first.who discovered the word they call the bat?

    then.do bats really escape zoo’s?

    finally.what was the longest bat to live?

  19. RV010 on February 5th, 2009 9:26 am

    First: Do humans atually give bats bands?

    Then: Discover if humans give bats bands. What purpose is there.

    Finally: Discover if it’s yes or no! Does it effect the bats?

  20. ehammond on February 5th, 2009 9:30 am

    Is there another place you could look rather than the internet?

  21. ehammond on February 5th, 2009 9:32 am

    Hi,

    Can you simplify your last answer? What if you just left it as ‘Compare the changes of bats if they could not fly?’

  22. ehammond on February 5th, 2009 9:33 am

    Remember you want just one question for now. These are all very interesting and would be good to look at as well but we want to be more specific. Work with one question like we did in class.

  23. ehammond on February 5th, 2009 9:34 am

    Great question. Sometimes you don’t need to change your question a third time if it is already working for you. Try staying with your second question as it is more clear.

  24. ehammond on February 5th, 2009 9:36 am

    Conservation is a great word. Can you tell me a bit about it means to you? Perhaps you can do this in your research and final product. Good work!

  25. ehammond on February 5th, 2009 9:36 am

    It is good that you specified who ‘they’ is by indicating zoos in your final question. That makes your question easier to understand.

  26. ehammond on February 5th, 2009 9:38 am

    I find it intersting that you went from Tree Haven to bat characteristics. How did you make that switch?

  27. ehammond on February 5th, 2009 9:39 am

    This is a very interesting question. Can you makes your final question a bit more clear? What if you used the word ‘compare’ instead of discover changes, would that still meet your needs for your question?

  28. ehammond on February 5th, 2009 9:40 am

    This is a really neat question but I don’t know who you are!

  29. rv007 on February 5th, 2009 8:23 pm

    How much money do they spend on bats each year?

    Study result of the money the zoo spends on bats each year.

    Study the methods of taking care of bats.

    RV007

  30. RV022 on February 5th, 2009 8:33 pm

    I think conservation is protecting bats. I think in the future bats could be important to the world. I know what conservation is also becouse I went on google.

  31. RV012 on February 5th, 2009 9:16 pm

    First- What are Towers for?

    Then- Why are towers built?

    Finally- What kind of towers are there in the world, and what are their purposes?

    I thought that it would be easy at first, but it was not easy at all!!! So far I’ve discouvered the purpose of the Water Tower, and Lookout Tower, the CN (Canadian National)Tower. And the Richardson+CanWest Buldings. I’ve searched on the Internet & books, too.

  32. RV005 on February 5th, 2009 11:19 pm

    ok

  33. RV019 on February 8th, 2009 10:43 am

    I’m going to look in books at the library.

  34. RV006 on February 8th, 2009 3:55 pm

    You can’t look for Tree Haven online? But you
    can look for albino bats online.I think that
    it will be fun to research on the albino bats.

  35. rv018 on February 16th, 2009 4:37 pm

    I could not find the answer to this question so it probably doesn’t happen much.

    You could guess that they want to so they can be free but it doesn’t seem it happen.

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