Inquiry

Inquiry vs Research

How Dissecting a Pencil Can Ignite Curiosity and Wonderment - teaching thinking routines through simple tasks to develop observation skills for inquiry

Select DESIGNING LEARNING for Research and 'How To' articles
CLASSROOM EXAMPLES share lessons for implementing inquiry pertinent to curricular learning
Professional Learning (linked on HOME page) - Case Studies offering examples of collaborative units and research done by school divisions and the Galileo Network. Check out:
- Flight & Aerodynamics Case Study
- Exploring Nature in the Early Learning Classroom
Early Learning and Play Based Inquiry

Creating Projects with an First Nations, Metis, or Inuit Focus - teacher guide with format, checklists, and research to support project development

This resource is also linked, with specific pages highlighted, from the Culture page.

Project Based Learning Guide - step by step to planning an inquiry

Comparing Projects to Project-Based Learning page 4
Create a Classroom Culture of Inquiry and Collaboration page 6
Create an Authentic Reason for Your Project page 7
Craft the Project’s Driving Question page 8
- examine historical events, time periods, or episodes in nature, solve a challenging situation by creating multiple solutions, look at a contentious issue, create or design something to educate others, opinion - consider all sides of an issue or explore a philosophical question; form and justify their opinions, educational – students teach others, divergent - predict alternative timelines and scenarios, scenario-based - take on a fictional role to accomplish a mission, ...
- Driving Question Tubric
Create Your Project’s Assessment Plan page 15
- Project Assessment Map
- English Language Learner Scaffolds
Project Planning Template page 22
- Project Design & Student Learning Overview
- Project Design Rubric

Co-Creation of a Kinder-Garden - NEW! This connects to the above Galileo resource about Nature in Early Learning Classroom :)