All Activities : inquirED

Experience Inquiry Series: Creating an Inquiry-Based Classroom Culture

Preparing for Your MultiProduct

Discover the ins and outs of MultiProduct design, creation, presentation, and assessment.

Preparing for Your Presentation Product

Discover the ins and outs of Presentation Product design, creation, presentation, and assessment.

Preparing for Your Written Product

Discover the ins and outs of Written Product design, creation, presentation, and assessment.

Idea Clustering

Idea Clustering allows students to see the connections their ideas have with others’ ideas, supporting the development of collaborative projects or topics of investigation. Use this process to help establish interest groups for collaborative work, or to synthesize many diverse...

Getting Started Guide for Inquiry Journeys

Explore step-by-step guidance for accessing your curriculum, preparing lessons, planning instruction, and supporting students as you begin teaching with Inquiry Journeys and World History.

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Foundations of Inquiry: Social Studies Professional Learning Communities

Participants: Any educator using or supporting others with inquirED Social Studies Overview: In this Professional Learning Community, you will deepen your understanding of inquirED Social Studies through a series of curriculum based professional learning sessions facilitated by the inquirED Partner Experience...

QFT Slides Scaled for Emergent Readers

Use these slides to support emergent readers through the steps of the QFT.

Predict Learn Conclude

A Predict Learn Conclude prompts students to make inferences, test those inferences while gathering information, and construct conclusions. Use this strategy as a pre-assessment, as an anticipatory set, or to assess student thinking.

Dig in to Differentiation

How does Suzanne Fraser, Special Education Strategist in Iowa City, IA, support her diverse learners so they get the most out of Inquiry Journeys? Read this month's spotlight to find out!

Investigation Stations

Investigation stations provide a source or sources that students use to gather information. Sources might include text, images, artifacts, videos, or even step-by-step activities, and are often clustered by subtopic. Students might choose stations based on interest, or they might...

Gallery Walk

A gallery walk presents a series of compelling sources that students can respond to quickly, such as photographs, works of art, or images of artifacts. Students circulate through the materials and respond in writing or through discussion. Use this format...

Meeting Student Needs During Independent Work Time

When students are working independently, it's helpful to have a system in place for students to get help. The Queue, Cups, and Sheets are three systems that can help.

Socratic Seminar

Socratic seminars require students to collaboratively grapple with complex topics. Through the process, students closely read a teacher-selected article, draw evidence from that reading, and then discuss their responses through a structured seminar with peers. Use this format to promote...

Literacy Connections Notecatcher

Download and use this note catcher to organize your thoughts and observations as you advance through the "Literacy Connections" course.

Learner Support Guide: Collaborative Work

The inquiry-based classroom provides opportunities for collaboration. While this can be highly motivating and engaging, it also places high demands on students’ collaborative work skills. Consider the following strategies to provide scaffolds as individual or whole-class supports during collaborative work...

Group Roles

As students engage in collaborative work, they often benefit from the structure of assigned group roles.

Rocketship Protocol

The Rocketship Protocol is an interactive movement-based strategy that allows students to demonstrate understanding by responding physically to prompts or examples. Students use a “rocketship blast off” movement to indicate a correct or appropriate response and remain seated with a...

🗓 inquirED's Social Studies for School Leaders

Participants: This session is designed for School Leaders in buildings that will be implementing inquirED's inquiry-based social studies curriculum. Overview: In this session, you will be oriented to the inquirED's social studies curriculum. You will explore the inquiry-based teaching practices...