What’s an Inquiry?

All learners pursue their own inquiries but we will also be doing some inquiries as a group. The idea with group inquiries is two-fold: (1) the guides (the teacher, a parent, or a visiting expert) model the inquiry process by suggesting some questions; and (2) the learners can tackle a bigger inquiry by pooling their resources and/or by each exploring different facets of the inquiry.

Inquiry is …	VISII Learner…	VISII Teacher…
Based on interest/curiosity or on a former inquiry that led to new questions	Creates or co-creates the kind of question(s) that allow for inquiry	Helps learner develop question(s) conducive to inquiry

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Past Guided Group Inquiries

Ere-Dwellers Saga Inquiry and MineTest: Information for Parents and Learners

The Middle Ages and the Renaissance Timeline

Beowulf

Skype-a-Scientist

Bird identification

Plagues

Student vote

Evolution of Human Species

Topology

Past Independent Inquiries

Writing stories

Making books

Mesoamerican culture

Icelandic sagas

Sewing sweat pants

Making a quilt

Embroidering napkins

Making wooden cabinets

Video game design

Unity (a gaming engine)

Human colour perception

Knot theory

Maps as a form of information design

Geology

Using Python and open data to create custom maps

Making jewellery box

Building model solar system

Starting an ant colony

Making terraria