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Content Embedded Inquiry is an approach to learning driven by the curiosity, unique strengths, and assets of children. The approach positions adults as co-researchers alongside children to recognize and develop Habits of Mind, integrate learning targets, and take empathetic and collaborative action as innovative change makers.
To get started you have a few options. You can read through the written guidance, watch the video, browse the decks, or any of the above. We also have tools for planning, which are highlighted in the video. You do not need to use the whole deck. The decks are a library of options to meet the unique interests and needs of each classroom, while including all of the standards. Enjoy!
Content Embedding Inquiry Guidance
Content Embedded Inquiry Planning Video
Planning Documents (As seen in the video)
Stories from the Field (Padlet)
Pre-service PD Slide Deck
Card Deck 1
Content Embedded Inquiry Cultivating Community
Social Science Unit 1 and Science Habits and Practices
K-5 Arc: The Learning Progression of All Sciences Across K-5
(First 6 weeks, January, and beyond)
Kindergarten Cultivating Community (SPA)(MAN)
1st Grade Cultivating Community (SPA)(MAN)
2nd Grade Cultivating Community (SPA) (MAN)
First 6 weeks 3rd Grade Cultivating Community (SPA)
January 3rd Grade Cultivating Community/The Ultimate Playground (Video Overview) (SPA)
4th Grade Cultivating Community (SPA)
Card Deck 2
Content Embedded Inquiry an
Integration of Science Unit 2 and Social Science Unit 2
(October-December)
Kindergarten, Weather/Appreciating Difference (SPA)(MAN)
1st Grade Animals/Community/Light and Shadow (SPA)(MAN)
2nd Grade Matter/Expressing Cultural Heritage (SPA)
3rd Grade Weather/Oregon’s Natural Resources (SPA)
4th Grade Systems within Living Things /Repairing Harm (SPA)
5th Grade Earth Science/Who Founded the USA?(SPA)
Additional SS Cards for Who Founded the USA? (SPA)
Card Deck 3
Content Embedded Inquiry an
Integration of Science Unit 3 and Social Science Unit 3
(February-March)
Kindergarten: Force and Motion & Surviving and Thriving (SPA)(MAN)
1st Grade: Patterns in the Sky & Who Am I? (SPA)(MAN)
2nd Grade: Landforms & Inequality and Taking Action (SPA)
3rd Grade: Deck Ice Age/ Labor (SPA)
4th Grade: Earth's Processes, Social Processes and Repairing Harm(SPA)
5th Grade: Making the Govt Better/ Curiosity/ Outer Space (SPA)
Card Deck 4
Content Embedded Inquiry
Integration of Science Unit 4 and Social Science Unit 3
(April-June)
Kindergarten:Thriving Vs. Surviving-Relationships Between Living and Their Environment (SPA)(MAN)
1st Grade: Plants and Who Am I in My Community (SPA)(MAN)
2nd Grade: A Garden for Life & Inequality and Taking Action(SPA)
3rd Grade: Adaptations/Valuing People’s Labor (SPA)
4th Grade: Systems Within Living Things/Repairing Harm (SPA)
5th Grade: Making the Government Better/ Matter (SPA)
Card Deck 5 (5th Grade Only)
5th Grade: Making the Government Better/Yellowstone
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