Action Research on Scientific Inquiry Activity Empowered by Virtual Simulation in Elementary School

Cultivating innovative talents is a great plan for the long-term development of the country and the nationality. Scientific inquiry activity in elementary school is an important path to cultivate student’s awareness and competence of innovation. It is of great theoretical value and significance to explore the empowerment of virtual simulation on scientific inquiry activity in elementary school and to improve students’ scientific literacy. This study is guided by theories such as inquiry-based teaching, applied methods of literature research and action research, proposed the general process of scientific inquiry activity in elementary school, and clarified the empowerment of virtual simulation on scientific inquiry activity. After two rounds of action research, this study carried out the teaching practice and summarized a process model of scientific inquiry activity empowered by virtual simulation. Finally, applying an assessment indicator to evaluate and analyze the effect of scientific inquiry activity empowered by virtual simulation, the results proved that this kind of activity could effectively increase scientific inquiry knowledge, improve scientific inquiry competence, and stimulate interest in scientific inquiry.