Check out this video of sustained inquiry in action from the Teaching channel.
Part of Edutopia's five keys to successful PBL, this video focuses on starting with an engaging driving question to launch projects rooted in student inquiry.
Chris Maldonado turned his classroom tables into visual thinking surfaces by sanding and painting them with whiteboard paint, allowing students to communicate through visuals.
The Making Things Visible YouTube Chanel offers the opportunity to see videos of a wide variety of visible thinking strategies in action!
Tip: Use thinking routines to support students in intentionally practicing different kinds of thinking, and making that thinking visible. Here are two examples of assignments designed in SeeSaw using thinking routines. Example 1 and Example 2. Here is a small bank of thinking routines and how you might use them in a digital context.
"YPAR (Youth-led Participatory Action Research) is an innovative approach to positive youth and community development based in social justice principles in which young people are trained to conduct systematic research to improve their lives, their communities, and the institutions intended to serve them." Visit YPAR Hub to learn more!
The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry, teaching students how to investigate historical questions by employing reading strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading. Visit the Stanford History Education Group page to learn more.
The experiential learning cycle includes four stages- experiencing, reflecting, thinking, and acting.
Identify credible & trustworthy sources of information, consider legal and ethical aspects of using the creative work of others, and apply this knowledge as they create & curate digital content.
Plan and employ effective research strategies such as using keywords, phrases, filters, operators, & modifiers in search engines, library catalogues, and other databases to locate articles, images, charts, graphs, data, and primary sources. (Google Chrome, Britannica Online, SIRS Issue Researcher, Gale Student Resources, Newsela)
Know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems. (Google Jamboard & Padlet for brainstorming)