Big con

cept

Big con

cept

Big con

cept

Big con

cept

Fertile question

Learning Intentions

Success Criteria

Big con

cept

Big con

cept

Big con

cept

Big con

cept

Risk Taking

Rights and Responsibilities

Leadership

Citizenship

Brainstorming

Prior knowledge - past and present

Questions

Books, internet, video resources

Drawing, sketching, making models

Plays, dramas, timelines

Read, watch, listen, discuss, view, think about, wonder, review, experience, mind map

Kn

owled

geK

now

ledge

Satu

rationS

aturation

Kn

owled

geK

now

ledge

Satu

rationS

aturation

Student’s own questions

Student’s own focus

Student choice

Essen

tial E

ssential

Qu

estions

Qu

estions

Essen

tial E

ssential

Qu

estions

Qu

estions

Based on present knowledge after research

Future speculation

Hyp

othesise

Hyp

othesise

Hyp

othesise

Hyp

othesise

Research

Key words

Notetaking

Sift and sort

Synthesise

Analyse

Success Criteria

Investigate

Investigate

Investigate

Investigate

Revisit hypothesis

Revisit original questions

Create new knowledge

Th

ink

ing

Th

ink

ing

Deep

erD

eeper

Th

ink

ing

Th

ink

ing

Deep

erD

eeper

Celebrate the learning

Share new knowledge

Student choice

ICT rich

Presen

tP

resent

Presen

tP

resent

Critical Thinking

Feedback Feedforward

Developing new ideas

Other issues that arise

Further questions

Success criteria

ReflectionsR

eflect R

eflect E

valuate

Evalu

ateC

ritiqu

eC

ritiqu

e

Reflect

Reflect

Evalu

ateE

valuate

Critiq

ue

Critiq

ue

Changing things as a result of new learning

Social Action

New goal setting

So W

hat!

So W

hat!

So W

hat!

So W

hat!

•What's this unit really about? •Why are we doing this? Is there a real issue or problem that might give the unit an authentic purpose? •How can we help students make connections between learning areas?•Are there opportunities for choice and negotiation in this unit? •Are we taking the students beyond the known? How challenging is this inquiry?•How will we help students (and ourselves) reflect on their learning?

What makes a good inquiry

unit?

What makes a good inquiry

unit?

We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.

Desmond Morris