Explorations/Inquiry

Inquiry is a recursive student-centered process in which we nurture students’ curiosity by encouraging them to develop deep and real questions around curricular and high interest topics as well as current events. Students are given the opportunity to explore, investigate, and research their questions. Then students build knowledge by discovering answers and synthesizing the information they learn. Eventually students will share their learning and demonstrate understanding through various projects.

 

This is a time when students choose a topic they’d like to investigate and explore in greater depth. They have the opportunity to move to other classrooms and work with other teachers and peers who are investigating the same topic.

 

• Critical thinking
• Creativity
• Communication
• Collaboration