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...
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.
Onsite Implementation Workshops are grade-specific and designed for teachers new to the Inquiry Project curriculum. These workshops help teachers to become familiar with ...
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 ...
The Inquiry Project research investigates students' developing concepts of material, weight, volume density, matter, and states of matter from ages 8-11.
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.
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...
In this video case students reason about whether a tiny piece of matter — one that doesn’t make the classroom balance move and doesn’t feel like it has weight — might actually weigh something.
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Alignment with the NRC Science Framework and NGSS
Supported by the National Science Foundation, grant #0918435A.
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