Slide 2: Big concept Big concept
Fertile question Learning Intentions Success Criteria
Slide 3: Big concept Big concept
Risk Taking Rights and Responsibilities Leadership Citizenship
Slide 4: Brainstorming Prior knowledge - past and present Questions Books, internet, video resources Drawing, sketching, making models Plays, dramas, timelines Read, watch, listen, discuss, view, think about, wonder, review, experience, mind map
Knowledge Knowledge Saturation Saturation
Slide 5: Essential Essential Questions Questions
Student’s own questions Student’s own focus Student choice
Slide 6: Hypothesise Hypothesise
Based on present knowledge after research Future speculation
Slide 7: Research Key words Notetaking Sift and sort Synthesise Analyse Success Criteria
Investigate Investigate
Slide 8: Thinking Thinking Deeper Deeper
Revisit hypothesis Revisit original questions Create new knowledge
Slide 9: Present Present
Celebrate the learning Share new knowledge Student choice ICT rich
Slide 10: Critical Thinking
Reflect Reflect Evaluate Evaluate Critique Critique
Feedback Feedforward Developing new ideas Other issues that arise Further questions Success criteria Reflections
Slide 11: So What! So What!
Changing things as a result of new learning Social Action New goal setting
Slide 12: What makes a good inquiry unit?
•What's this unit really about? •Why are we doing this? Is there a real issue or problem that might give the unit an authentic purpose? •How can we help students make connections between learning areas? •Are there opportunities for choice and negotiation in this unit? •Are we taking the students beyond the known? How challenging is this inquiry? •How will we help students (and ourselves) reflect on their learning?
Slide 13: We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.
Desmond Morris
