Combining Inquiry and PBL: 3 Guidelines for Success
High-Quality Project-Based Learning (PBL) provides opportunities for sustained Inquiry over multiple working sessions. Transitioning to PBL involves shifts in planning,…
STEM Stories from the Field: Farming on Volcanoes, Flint’s Water Crisis, and Excreting Isopods
How educators are using the Question Formulation Technique in STEM lessons around the country and world. By Chris Orchard Students…
“How does the sun’s power get into you?” Using the QFT to Explore Energy with First Graders
What I like about the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) process is that it provides an opportunity for my first graders to ask their questions without feeling insecure or judged on their prior knowledge.
Questions, Answers, and Learning About The World
Thanks to such tools as the Right Question Institute’s Question Formulation Technique and various Project Zero-developed Thinking Routines*** that require…
Tools to Support Student Inquiry
Inquiry Based Instruction has been an area of study for me for the last couple of years. In my opinion,…
Channel Islands High School Weekly Update
Mrs. Daw’s freshman biology classes were introduced to the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) as an inquiry access point to a…