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=Inquiry Links =

An example of a wiki used to record an inquiry
A NZ example. =CAN WE HAVE RIGHTS WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY?= YOUR TASK IS TO INVESTIGATE A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TAKE SOME ACTION.

[|Inquiry Exercises]
Click on links below to view or download inquiry exercises. These are science and math exercises that we have developed for grades 4 through 12 that promote inquiry-based learning in the classroom.

[|42explore - ThematicPathfinders]
Why start with a search engine, when you can find a pathfinder to fit your needs at 42eXplore? When learning something new, it's nice to have more than one resource to explore. This web project provides "four to eXplore" for each topic. On each page you'll find definitions, activities, the 4 good starting points, and many more links and resources for the thematic topic. This is year five of our 42eXplore project. We now have over 200 themes in this topic archive! We frequently update projects in our [|Topic Index] as well as each of the subject areas

[|Don’t Believe Everything You See Online]
Why is our first impulse to believe something that we see, read or hear? Especially if it is in print, online or comes in an “officially” looking packaging? How do we teach ourselves and our students, that another impulse has to follow the first one immediately: Evaluate…critical thinking… learn to listen for and to your own “gut feeling”… cross referencing… //Information// literacy is an important part of being literate. Being able to know how to read and write alone, just doesn’t “cut it anymore”. A blog post from Langwitches

[|Research Skills]
Some great stuff here from Victoria, Australia!
 * 'Learn skills' shows you how to make school work easier and will also help you improve your marks.**

In this section you'll find practical guides to researching assignments, writing essays and studying for exams. There's also plenty of examples that clearly show you how to apply your new skills, as well as videos of well-known authors and academics who reveal some of their research, writing and study tips.

[|Visual Wikipedia]
Visual Wikipedia shows students connections between topics through web diagrams and videos. [|Visual Wikipedia] takes Wikipedia entries and then shows a connections chart or web of related topics. In addition to the web of connections there is a video (often many videos) connected to each topic.

[|Inquiry Based Learning]
[|Workshop Documents] | [|Inquiry-Based Learning] | [|Questioning] | | [|Bloom's Taxonomy] | [|Example Lessons] | [|Tools] | from Willard R2 Schools
 * [|Information Age Inquiry]**

WebQuests
[|Blogging: It's Elementary!: Webquest] [|Webquest Collections] [|Search for WebQuests] [|Rich Performance Task: Ad Campaign WebQuest] [|Rich Assessment Task: Future School WebQuest] [|Junior_High_WebQuests] [|Bernie Dodge’s WebQuest Page] This is a great resource for teachers looking for ways to create cross-curricular units. Bernie Dodge is a highly respected education professor in San Diego and has pioneered the use of WebQuests in the classroom. Check out the site for more info!. [|Best Webquests] [|Webquest Garden]

Questioning
[|Essential Questions] [|Essential Questions in Teaching and Learning] [|Asking Better Questions] [|differentiated instruction w--essential question] [|Asking the Right Question?] question-skills » home [|Questioning 4 Powerful Learning - IT Talkback] [|The Question] [|Questioning Techniques] [|Curriculum Framing Questions]

Understanding by Design
[|Part 1 - What is a Rich Task? Why are they Necessary? - Beyond the Knowledge] ubdeducators » Dana A Lesson Before Dying Unit [|Understanding By Design]

Graphic Organisers
[|Graphic Organizers] [|Graphic Organizers, Large Selection of Printable Graphic Organizers!]

Inquiry Learning
[|Virtual Information Inquiry: Student Information Scientists and Instructional Specialists in the Learning Laboratory] [|big6] [|Information literacy models] [|Inquiry Learning and Problem Solving] [|Definition of Inquiry] [|Galileo - What is Inquiry?] [|CISSL] [|Using the Internet to Promote Student Inquiry] [|YouthLearn: Learning] [|Edutopia: What Works in Public Education] [|The LoTi Connection - LoTi Framework: Level 1 - Awareness] [|21st Century Information Fluency] [|CIBL: What Is Inquiry] [|Interdisciplinary Learning in Your Classroom: Implementation] informationfluency » home [|Information Literacy for K-16 Settings] [|Learning to Learn: Learning Workroom] [|Galileo - Nature of Inquiry: The Experienced Teacher] [|Inquiry Learning] [|Bullet Points] [|Sample Links & Strategies - Change] [|Evaluating Web Page] [|Fact Check] Under the heading [|Tools of the Trade] we’ve outlined a five-step framework for analyzing information and avoiding deception. That process is the essence of what we do at [|FactCheck.org], where we have been debunking false and misleading claims in politics since 2003. [|Web Resources - Finding, Evaluating, and Organizing]

[|How To Evaluate A Web Site Trustworthiness and Credibility] [|Identifying Similarities and Differences] [|Identifying Similarities and Differences]

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**Project Based Learning**
[|Project Based Learning] [|Online Resources for Project Based Learning] [|Problem and Project Based Learning Activities] [|Project Based Learning] Real World Maths [|Project Based Learning Checklists] = = [|Put to the Test- Confronting Concerns About Project Learning]

[|Tutorial on Problem-Based Learning] Problem-based learning is a system for organizing portions of a school's curriculum around ill-structured problems that help students simultaneously acquire new knowledge and experience in solving problems.

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Unit Ideas
[|Heroes] [|Inquiry Units] [|Intel Education: Designing Effective Projects: Unit Plan Index - By Grade (Age)] [|Analyzing Advertising][|Designing a Curriculum Mini-Unit, Part 2]

NZ Links
[|ICT New Zealand] [|Inquiring Mind] [|Welcome to Pt England School] [|Hooked On Thinking Home Page] [|Questioning Skills | Future Learning Now] - Trevor Bond artichoke » What students understand