Curated OER
Habitat Basics
First graders get out and explore two different habitats to examine how each one meets the needs of the plants and animals that dwell there. They discuss what they've learned about animal habitats as they explore the outdoor environment....
Curated OER
What Do Maps Show?
This teaching packet is for grades five through eight, and it is organized around geographic themes: location, place, relationships, movement, and regions. There are four full lessons that are complete with posters, weblinks, and...
Pyro Innovations
Beach Exploration
Little ones will absolutely love this instructional activity. It's all about the beach and what they can find while sifting through the sand. A large bucket of sand filled with hidden items is brought into the classroom. Learners will...
Curated OER
Gravity: What is it?
What is gravity and how do you explain it? Use this presentation to guide an inquiry-based lesson centered on understanding gravity through hands-on experience. Each slide provides a definition, example, or activity for students to...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Biodynamic Farming
During this module learners learn about biodynamic farming through hands-on activities that culminate in having multiple schools collaborate to design subsystems that are combined to make a working aquaponic system. During the SAGE...
Other
Web quest.org
Start understanding inquiry-based learning and learn how WebQuest can enhance your lesson plans utilizing inquiry-based learning.
PBS
Kqed: Mind Shift: Inquiry Learning vs. Standardized Content: Can They Coexist?
A realistic look at the balance between content standards- driven teaching and inquiry-based learning.
PBS
Kqed: Mind Shift: 5 Tools to Help Students Learn How to Learn
Taken together these five tools, which are deceptively simple, can give students the experience of deeper inquiry and insight into their own learning habits and preferences.
PBS
Kqed: Mind Shift: The Inquiry Process, Step by Step
Created by educators in Australia, this diagram can be a helpful resource for students, as they embark on the inquiry learning process.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Thinking Fountain: Straws: Make a Glider
Design and construct a glider that files! Compare the flights with classmates' prototypes to test the success of your design.
Other
Storyboard That
Create your own storyboard with this interactive tool. The storyboard framework is a graphic organizer that helps structure students work into a linear and concise story. Although it feels easy at first, breaking down ones thoughts into...
Science Museum of Minnesota
Thinking Fountain: Noodle: Build a Spaghetti Structure
Design and construct a structure out of spaghetti and marshmallows. Although spaghetti doesn't seem like a strong building material, you can build surprisingly elegant and sturdy structures using it.
FNO Press
Fno.org: Inspired Investigations
An article at From Now On about how to help students do better research by changing the focus of research assignments and teaching students to ask essential questions. Some suggestions include using mind mapping, and using Inspiration to...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Concept to Classroom: Workshop: Inquiry Based Learning
Explanations, examples, defined vocabulary terms, and answers to questions about nquiry-based learning.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Inquiry Page
An on-line community that uses inquiry-based and collaborative approaches to study inquiry-based learning. Features a database of inquiry units covering a wide range of topics, or you can also build your own inquiry units.
Other
Youth Learn: The Key to Engaging Students in Learning: Asking Good Questions
Explanation of several types of questions, and suggestions for helping students use good questioning techniques in inquiry-based learning. SL.9-10.1c Active Partic
FNO Press
From Now On: A Questioning Toolkit
What exactly is a "questioning tool kit"? This resource provides techniques for asking essential questions, hypothetical questions, telling questions, planning questions and organizing questions.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Inquiry Page: Learning Begins With Questions
What exactly is inquiry-based learning? Use this website to learn more about this unique learning style.
TES Global
Blendspace: Readers Theater Inquiry Based Learning
Follow thirteen links to rubrics, charts, PowerPoints, videos, and activities to demonstrate Readers Theater an Inquiry Based Learning.