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Welcome to INQUIRY ADVENTURES!


 * I am Nikki Davenport, Math/Science Coordinator for School District of University City.**

Our inquiry science wiki is up and running for the new 2009-2010 school year. WELCOME!! Please click on the pages listed on the left side of this home page to look at upcoming (dates will be posted soon) professional development opportunities for teachers on the "Learning Science Through Inquiry", "Science Saturdays", and "Science Inquiry Pot-Lucks" pages. Check on the "BirdSleuth" program and our new launch of the "Brain Research" class.

NEW on the wiki is our calendar (U-City Birders) for our district wide bird club. Check it out! 

NOTICE: Get ready for an exciting ON-LINE inquiry adventure with "BRAIN RESEARCH" exploring //how the brain learns.// CHECK OUT THE NEW PAGE: INQUIRY "Brain Research" ADVENTURES I will be inviting participants to a "Wiki" community in which you will be able to participate in the Brain Research online course coming this fall!

THE FIRST "PREVIEW" IS UP ON THE //**INQUIRY BRAIN RESEARCH ADVENTURES PAGE**// (LINK TO THE LEFT)! More previews, directions to enter the course, and a schedule of events coming in August, 2009.

You will find here INQUIRY SCIENCE professional development opportunities for teachers in our district. You will also find INQUIRY SCIENCE resources available for your use.

Below are the pages to find current PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT opportunities: Learning Science Through Inquiry Science Saturdays Science Inquiry Pot-Luck Dinners BirdSleuth Inquiry Brain Research Adventures U-City Birders

[|VSO Science] (a booklet full of great science ideas) [|Journey North] (an interactive site for citizen science exploration) [|Green Center] (a link to School District of University City **Outdoor Classroom**) [|Greater St. Louis Science Fair] (go here to learn all the details for the 2008 Greater St. Louis Science Fair) [|Exploratorium] (great Museum of Science site with many inquiry-based science activities) [|Education Oasis] (an endless resource of educational stuff) [|Exploring Nature] (this is a wonderful detailed natural science resource - you have to become a member, but it is free) [|Steve Spangler Science] (this is a commercial site, but has a "top 10" really FUN science experiments with directions and easy to find household items as materials) [|Science Buddies] (science fair resource with lots and lots of ideas, scoring guides, downloadable worksheets, etc.) [|GeoSource] (earth science topics with lots of free lessons, resources, and another great science fair resource)
 * Wonderful science resources:**

My contact info: Nikki Davenport Math/Science Coordinator 314-290-4013 ndavenport@u-city.k12.mo.us