Celebrating the ten year anniversary of Research Quest, a new article featured in The University of Utah Magazine explores how Research Quest is helping students around the world learn complex reasoning skills. The comprehensive article might be a great tool for sharing with colleagues and supervisors to help them better understand the impact this free resource is having on student learning in your classroom.
Looking for a classroom resource using authentic research to engage your students this fall? Move beyond worksheets and support your students to ask: What is the future of a forest under attack? Students will build an energy pyramid model to visualize populations of producers, consumers, and decomposers in this montane ecosystem and how biotic and abiotic changes may impact those populations.
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"I love when they start to connect the dots with the evidence! It's powerful!"
Provo, UT
This fall you can find Research Quest at a number of educator conferences around the U.S. Last month we met up with some amazing RQ EdCorps members at NSTA in Kansas City. We talked about the many ways they use it to bring real world research into their classrooms. In November, we went to the American Middle Level Education (AMLE) Conference in Maryland. And in December look for us at the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS). Let us know what educational conferences we might see YOU at in 2024!
Prepare now for that sick day you know will come when you least expect it. Pick an Investigation from Research Quest, save a copy of the teacher's Instructional Guide and student Research Assistant Notebook, and BAM! Just like that, your sub plans are ready to roll. To get ready, go to the SUPPORT section here, scroll down to pick an investigation, and from there you can access Support Materials.
"Plan it out at the beginning of the year. I always forget that I have this resource and wish I had done more Investigations throughout the year!" 6th Grade Teacher, Davis County, UT
Research Quest is a program of the Natural History Museum of Utah in partnership with The Utah Education Network
