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I loved the article that I chose, What a Surprise-They're Flies! This is an article on inquiry and what I loved reading about was that the teacher changed her lesson plan due to the students' interests. The students found  "worms" at the bottom of the class guinea pig's cage. The whole class was curious if these were really worms and why they were there. The teacher then designed her lesson to make observations about these "worms" as a class. The whole class worked together as a team to discuss what these "worms" were. They did experiments on them and figured out that the black end was the creature's head and that the other end was its tail. The students then made the decision as a class from observations that it was a larva. They also got the experience to learn about the life cycle of a fly first hand! This was awesome because students made observations on something that they were very curious about. This stimulated inquiry and the children learned based off of observations. Students also learned how to collaborate together and make conclusions based off of their own observations. This is something that learning from the textbook could not do. This hands on experience gave the students the opportunity to work together as a whole and watch the fly go through it's life cycle. The students were able to see the fly go through its life cycle a

nd see how long each stage takes. I would definitely use this technique in my classroom. Allowing my students to see an animal's life cycle in real life allows them to make observations each day and they will remember the information better because they are experiencing the cycle first hand compared to in a text book. I love how the class worked together as one and discussed their observations. I will definitely use this technique in my future classroom.