Big Ideas

The Big Ideas in Research and Inquiry fall into four major stages: Explore, Investigate, Process, and Create. At each of the stages, students shall be able to demonstrate the following:

Explore (“Pre-Search”): Initiate the inquiry by choosing an appropriate and personally engaging topic, and developing deep questions around the topic chosen.

Investigate (Research): Investigate the topic by designing a plan of inquiry, finding appropriate sources, selecting relevant information, and formulating a clear and interesting focus.

Process (Analyze): Analyze the information they have found, evaluating their ideas and ideas drawn from research, and then organize and synthesize those findings.

Create (Share and Reflect): Create a product that appropriately presents the results of the inquiry. Students will also assess their product and the process of creating it, and consider how they can transfer their learning to new contexts and inquiries.