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| Asking research questions | What makes a good research question? We will be exploring the difference between fact-based questions or "closed" questions and questions that require making inferences and synthesizing information or "open" questions. We will discuss why open questions make better research questions. | 2 years 18 weeks ago | ddorzweiler | |
| Ban That Book! | In this project students conduct a historical survey of book banning in the U.S. They research why specific books have been banned and draw their own conclusions in defending or opposing the banning of specific books. The essential questions they address are: Which books have been banned in the U.S.? Why have they been banned? Do I support or oppose book banning, and why? | 1 year 31 weeks ago | vharada | |
| Building a Greener Community | Students delve into different areas of community life and the importance of using existing resources in effective and efficient ways. They also consider alternatives to creating greener environments that may be innovative approaches. In their investigations, they address the following essential questions: What does greening a community involve? How green is our community at this time? How can we build a greener community? | 1 year 32 weeks ago | vharada | |
| Burr Airlines Flight to Asia: building inquiry skills | This lesson is designed to call upon student prior knowledge and build student knowledge of and interest in India, China and Japan in order to stimulate student wonder and inquiry. Students formulate research questions that are subordinate questions of the three essential questions dictated by the district social studies curriculum: How do Asian people interact with the land?; How do they interact with one another?; and How are they affected by their beliefs? | 2 years 29 weeks ago | dpersson | |
| California’s Native American Tribes | In this session, students will be introduced to the importance of effective note taking. Using print reference materials and web resources, students will answer the essential guiding question, "How did the native Californians live in the past?". These notes will then allow them create a compare/contrast chart for their final unit project, a compare/contrast poster on their specific tribe. | 1 year 32 weeks ago | dtschudy | |
| Career Options: Which One Is Right For Me? | In their career explorations, students assess the usefulness of a range of resources including print, online, and human sources. They retrieve information from different sources including interviews and workplace observations. Students address the following essential questions throughout the project: What career paths have I explored? Which career appeals most to me and why? How can I find out more about this particular career? How do I know if I am suited for this career? | 1 year 31 weeks ago | vharada | |
| CCC: Credible Sources, Creative Commons Images, and Citing Your Sources | Concepts Taught: A good researcher and writer seeks out credible sources, uses digital images that they have permission to use, and gives credit to those who provided the information and images used in his/her final product. Essential Questions: 1. Why is it important to use credible sources? 2. Why is it essential to use Creative Commons images? 3. How do I give proper credit to the suppliers of the information that I'm using? | 1 year 33 weeks ago | msbecs | |
| Chameleons Are Cool! | As a class, students will participate in developing and using an inquiry model for gathering information and taking notes. The model includes accessing prior knowledge, developing questions, information gathering, and identifying any misconceptions about the topic of study. This model is explained by Debbie Miller in her book, Teaching with Intention. The essential questions for this unit include: How do chameleons' physical traits help them survive? How are chameleons alike or different from other lizards? | 2 years 29 weeks ago | lolmsted | |
| Check it out... nonfiction can be fun! | During this unit, the students cultivate their own curiosity as they explore a broad range of nonfiction topics and learn about interesting ways information can be communicated in nonfiction. They immerse themselves in various topics of interest to them and then select one of those topics to research with a partner in depth. Partners then write, revise, and publish an informational piece about that topic to share with the class. | 1 year 29 weeks ago | bonniebeckner | |
| Children in Japan and Hawaii: How Are We Alike and Different | The essential questions for this unit are: How are children in Japan like us in Hawaii? How are children in Japan different from us in Hawaii? | 1 year 24 weeks ago | patricialouis |