Communities are created to meet our common needs, giving us a sense of belonging, trust, care, and safety. In the Meeting Needs and Wants Inquiry, students investigate the Inquiry Question, "How can we work together to meet community needs and...
As students engage in collaborative work, they often benefit from the structure of assigned group roles.
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...
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...
There are many strategies for note-taking, and supporting students in figuring out which ways work best for them supports long-term learning. Students may benefit from additional support or challenge when practicing this skill.
Learn how district leaders can review and manage school lists and sharing settings in inquirED and connected SSO platforms like Clever or ClassLink to support accurate rostering.
Explore key strategies for scaffolding critique practices.
Mingle Pair Shares are a great way to get students moving around the classroom and talking to different classmates. Use this strategy to encourage students to hear from a variety of perspectives in response to an open-ended question or experience.
inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices and Reflection Tools support teachers in creating an inquiry based classroom.
See Think Wonder is a protocol that helps students make observations, form inferences, and generate questions about a visual source or artifact. Use it to spark wonderings or introduce new topics.
Download and use this note catcher for the Creating an Inquiry-Based Classroom Culture activity.
The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) was developed by the Right Question Institute to help anyone produce, improve, and prioritize questions. Use this scaled version of the protocol with emergent readers or writers to generate Investigation Questions that will help them...
Yes, and... is a structured protocol that helps students respond and add to others’ ideas rather than critiquing or modifying them. Use it to support students’ development of individual project ideas and their ability to thought-partner with each other.
Inquiry Journeys includes a diverse collection of books that support student understanding as they move through an Inquiry. Check out the book list and use the book stickers to help organize resources. The stickers are printable and should be used...
inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices include both "on-stage," observable look-fors, as well as "off-stage" look-fors that are may not be as easily observed during class. These look-fors can often be found through other means such as lesson materials, student data, and...
Discover the ins and outs of 3D Product design, creation, presentation, and assessment.
Watch this video to get to know the Inquiry Journeys Inquiry Overview.
Learn more about the variety of resources available at the Inquiry Hub to support users.
What is the role of social studies in preventing the spread of misinformation and combating the intentional use of disinformation? Check out this blog post and webinar recording of our conversation on elementary social studies with Sam Wineburg.
Explore the ways students develop their thinking and questioning skills during each session of the QFT.
Student-led learning tasks in K-8 inquiry-based social studies not only build content knowledge and skills but also help students take ownership of their learning. We explored the benefits and challenges of designing student-led learning experiences in social studies in our...
Learn how to share lesson resources and review student work in Canvas using LTI Integration.
Learn how teachers can create, manage, and review digital assignments in the inquirED Assignment Portal when students access and submit work directly in inquirED.
As educators, we're always searching for innovative teaching tools that can effectively engage students and enhance their understanding of complex concepts. One such tool, often overlooked, is the humble anchor chart. These visually appealing, easy-to-understand graphics are an essential component...
