Cool-It Lab

Inquiry Criteria	Inquiry continuum specific statement from the column/row	Why do you believe this fits that column/row (your argument)	How would you improve this part of the lesson to make it more inquiry based?
Engage	Learner sharpens or clarifies question provided by teacher, materials, or other source	We were given the question on what is the best way to cool the principals coffee down.	To make this more inquiry based I would suggest presenting the students with the idea of cooling the water but let them decide how they want to test that process.
Evidence	Learner determines what constitutes evidence and collects it	We were told to figure out what data was important and collect the data based on our question.	In this case I think I would give a little more guidance on how they should record their data, so that everyone in the class would be on the same level.  We did this with our LTI by determining  how we will count the squares. I think I would guide on how to measure temperature.
Explain	Learner formulates explanations after summarizing evidence	We formulated our own explanations of what are data gave us.	I feel confident that this step is exactly how I would do it.  Leaving it up to the students formulate their own explanations
Evaluate	Learner independently examines other resources and forms the links to explanations	We never specifically did this with the lab however, student doing this lab would research and find what others in the class or in the world had found.	Students would find out what other in the class found with their experiments and also research outside of the classroom to help evaluate their findings.
Communicate	Learner forms reasonable and logical argument to communicate explanations	Again we never specifically communicated our results however, the point of the lab is to help the principal find the best way to cool his coffee, so that would be the communication.  Communicating the explianations and results with the "principal"	I would allow students to come up with a creative way to present what they found and share it with the class in a presentation. (Well Said)