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New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Work out your core, Common Core State Standards, through the first workshop in a series of 15 designed for educators. Inquiry-based activities designed for all content areas and grade levels explore the shifts to new standards,...
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EngageNY

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 15

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Ed Online: What Do Inquiry Based Lesson Plans Look Like?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Inquiry-based lesson plans are usually referred to as "facilitation plans," to help teachers remember their role as facilitator of learning, rather than fount of all wisdom. The notion also helps teachers structure lessons more loosely...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Ed Online: Inquiry Based Learning: Inquiry in Action: In Classrooms

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Three sets of videos - ten in all - showing teachers using inquiry-based learning in real classrooms.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Concept to Classroom: Inquiry Based Learning

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
One of eleven workshops presented by Concept to Classroom, this workshop on Inquiry-based Learning takes you through four major steps (explanation, demonstration, exploration, and implementation) to learn about it, then put it into...
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PBS

Kqed: Mind Shift: The Inquiry Process, Step by Step

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Created by educators in Australia, this diagram can be a helpful resource for students, as they embark on the inquiry learning process.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Shared Inquiry Discussion

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Students learn to generate ideas with a clear focus in response to questions while participating in a shared inquiry discussion. Included are shared inquiry guidelines, and tips on discussing fiction and non-fiction books using this method.
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PBS

Kqed: Mind Shift: Inquiry Learning vs. Standardized Content: Can They Coexist?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A realistic look at the balance between content standards- driven teaching and inquiry-based learning.
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PBS

Kqed: Mind Shift: Creating Classrooms We Need: 8 Ways Into Inquiry Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Read these eight quick suggestions you can use with your students to begin infusing inquiry-based learning into your instruction.
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PBS

Kqed: Mind Shift: How to Trigger Students' Inquiry Through Projects

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Project based learning helps students tap into their inquiry and curiosity. Use these five steps to help you develop meaningful student projects in your classroom.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Observe animal behavior patterns and their habitats using one of the many webcams broadcasting from zoos and aquariums around the United States and the world in this inquiry-based activity that focuses on observation logs, class...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Constitution

For Teachers 11th
Inquiry based resource on the U.S. Constitution allows students to investigate the structure of the Constitution and form a critical, in-depth and informed perspective of the U.S. Government and its ability to serve as a just and...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Globalization

For Teachers 3rd
Inquiry based resource for 3rd grade students engages them in exploring the social, political and economic relationships in a global world and increases their understanding of worldwide interconnectedness.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Holidays

For Teachers K
Inquiry-based resource for teachers of kindergarten students encourages students to deepen their understanding of the role of traditions, holidays and symbols in establishing cultural identity and unity, and asks children to think about...
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Government of Alberta

Alberta Learning: Focus on Inquiry [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This document provides supports for implementing inquiry-based learning activities in the classroom and is intended for teachers working on their own or in teams, with or without the support of a teacher-librarian or other library...
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University of California

Wise: The Web Based Inquiry Science Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] WISE provides a wide range of science inquiry projects that address contemporary and traditional topics in earth science, the life sciences, physics, and chemistry. Work is done online, and teachers can...
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University of California

Wise: The Web Based Inquiry Science Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Enter a place where students and teachers can examine real world current science controversies. This resource allows teachers to choose and grade a project based on their curriculum. The students can...
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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Inquiry in Action: Teach Science Well

For Students 9th - 10th
Online textbook reviews fundamentals of chemistry and physical science via slideshow presentations, notes, and videos. Materials for classroom activities engage students in inquiry-based, hands-on investigations covering molecular...
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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Inquiry in Action: Teach Science Well

For Students 9th - 10th
Online textbook reviews fundamentals of chemistry and physical science via slideshow presentations, notes, and videos. Materials for classroom activities engage students in inquiry-based, hands-on investigations covering molecular...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Inclined Plane Through Inquiry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, young scholars will use different materials to find the most effective way to use an inclined plane (in other words, moving an object with as little force as possible). This is a guided inquiry. Although the students...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Scientific Inquiry

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Tutorial provides an understanding of the scientific method and how it is used to study the world around us. Students will learn about scientific inquiry and be able...
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Edutopia

Edutopia: The Five Features of Science Inquiry: How Do You Know?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teaching science through science inquiry is the cornerstone of good teaching. Teaching science through science inquiry is the cornerstone of good teaching. Unfortunately, an inquiry-approach to teaching science is not the norm in schools...
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Other

Youth Learn: An Introduction to Inquiry Based Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As this site states in its opening sentence, "Inquiry-based learning is not a new technique." However, the suggestions and tips offered here might well help any teacher or teaching team to create or refine inquiry-based projects that...
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Other

Smart Blogs: Should I Teach Problem , Project or Inquiry Based Learning?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lately, there have been a bunch of buzzwords floating around the education world that all seem to mean the same thing. You've probably heard them: problem-based learning, project-based learning and inquiry-based learning. Is there a...

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