Inquiry Units

Resources for you to get started with or try the Guided Inquiry Design Process

Guided Inquiry Design Process

The stages of these guides are based on the work of Carol C. Kuhlthau, Leslie K. Maniotes, and Ann K. Caspari in their book Guided Inquiry Design: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School (2012). In the image to the left, the various stages of this inquiry framework are laid out with the important features of those stages that Leslie K. Maniotes, one of the authors, tweeted. Each stage of the inquiry guides will contain suggested resources with links.

If you are interested in reading more about this process, please ask Lori about borrowing the book or it also available for check out from Heartland AEA.

Elementary Inquiry Guides

Created by teachers and teacher librarians in the UNI Library Sciences graduate program.

Upper Elementary

Created by Zoey Waddell

Upper Elementary

Created by Emily Biederman

Upper Elementary

Created by Sydney Schuler

Upper Elementary

Created by Beth Graft

Middle Elementary

Created by Kris Baldwin

Primary/Middle Elementary

Created by Mari Butler Abry