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- Why inquiry?
- The rationale for using discovery learning methods in teaching science.
- Bringing current science into the classroom
- Activities for middle and high school on groundwater, water quality, and environmental stewardship have students exploring current environmental research without leaving the classroom.
- Format: series (multiple pages)
- The learning cycle
- A three-part model of scientific inquiry that encourages students to develop their own understanding of a scientific concept, explore and deepen that understanding, and then apply the concept to new situations.
- Format: article/best practice
- By David Walbert.
- Reading primary sources: Newspaper editorials
- This interactive guide to reading a 19th-century newspaper editorial steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.
- Format: newspaper (multiple pages)
- A perspective on inquiry
- In this interview, Norman Budnitz, cofounder of the Center for Inquiry Based Learning, talks about inquiry and how to teach with it in a K–12 classroom.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Waverly Harrell.
- Reading primary sources: Newspaper advertisements
- This interactive guide to reading classified advertisements in a 19th-century newspaper editorial steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.
- Format: newspaper (multiple pages)
- Scientific inquiry
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.8
- In their study of scientific inquiry, students will use an activity sheet to make inferences about what activities go on at different places in school (desk, locker, etc.) and form an hypothesis about how space is used. They will also simulate how archaeologists learn about past people by designing and conducting a research project.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Science as a verb
- Inquiry science requires active relationships between students, teachers, and science. Building these relationships is a three-step process that involves thinking about inquiry as a process of science, as a pedagogical strategy, and as a set of skills and behaviors to encourage in students.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Amy Anderson and David Walbert.
- Discovery learning
- This reference article explains the theory of discovery learning and discusses its history and its use in the classroom.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Reading primary sources: Letters
- This interactive guide to reading an 18th-century letter steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.
- Format: letter (multiple pages)
- Reading primary sources: Slave narratives
- This interactive guide to reading a slave narrative steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.
- Format: interview (multiple pages)
- CareerStart lessons: Grade eight
- This collection of lessons aligns the eighth grade curriculum in math, science, English language arts, and social studies with potential career opportunities.
- Format: (multiple pages)
- Bringing current science into the classroom
- In Bringing current science into the classroom, page 1
- How your students can experience current environmental research without leaving the classroom.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Michele Kloda.
- Letting students ask the questions -- and answering them
- For this high school science teacher, learning science means doing science. A look at an inquiry-based earth and environmental science classroom.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Amy Anderson.
- Intrigue of the Past
- Lesson plans and essays for teachers and students explore North Carolina's past before European contact. Designed for grades four through eight, the web edition of this book covers fundamental concepts, processes, and issues of archaeology, and describes the peoples and cultures of the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Demonstration
- This education reference article explains the demonstration method of teaching.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Animals undercover
- Students will learn about the different animal coverings using the inquiry method. They will learn about how the covering is used for protection and to control body temperatures.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)
- By Anne Ellis.
- Bunker Hill Covered Bridge
- One of the last two remaining covered bridges in North Carolina, the Bunker Hill Covered Bridge has been named a National Civil Engineering Landmark.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Inquiry: You are an earthworm
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 3.5
- This lesson for grade 6 will help students understand the cycling of matter. Students assume they are earthworms and learn by asking questions about their life processes. The lesson also introduces career possibilities in the soil science field.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
- By April Galloway and Christine Scott.
- Teaching with primary sources
- This collection of resources includes best practice articles, primary source process guides, lesson plans that model historical inquiry, and book-length materials that incorporate primary sources.
- Format: bibliography/help
