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The Inquiry Project takes a unique approach to a study of matter for grades 3-5, bringing together core ideas, scientific practices, and crosscutting concepts...

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Assessment for learning, also called formative assessment, is central to The Inquiry Project and provides the means to identify and chart the development of students' scientific ideas as well as to identify obstacles they encounter in their learning.

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Onsite Implementation Workshops are grade-specific and designed for teachers new to the Inquiry Project curriculum. These workshops help teachers to become familiar with ...

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Talk Science PD

Talk Science PD is a blend of web-based study, opportunities to try ideas in the classroom, and face-to-face study group meetings designed to help teachers ...

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Inquiry Project Research

The Inquiry Project research investigates students' developing concepts of material, weight, volume density, matter, and states of matter from ages 8-11.

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Talk Science Research

The Talk Science research investigates how teachers develop their capacity at leading productive science discussions to foster students’ scientific reasoning.

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the Inquiry Project

The Inquiry Project establishes a foundation for developing students’ ideas about matter, a core idea in science. The project is founded on a learning progression for matter and material and brings together research, curriculum, assessment, and profession development.

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Talk Science

Talk Science is scalable, web-based professional development to deepen students' scinece understanding through better science discussions. The project project provides a “PD Pathway” to help teachers...

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Professional Development Opportunities

The Inquiry Project and its companion project Talk Science offer a range of onsite and online tools for teacher professional learning. The Inquiry Project website includes sample agendas for onsite implementation workshops that focus on the curriculum.

Talk Science

Talk Science online cases are designed to help teachers deepen their own science understanding and learn how to increase the productivity of student discussions in their science classrooms. These cases can be used in the context of district workshops, school-based study groups, or online self-paced teacher learning.