Teacher Support Materials

Teacher

Instructional Guide

This teacher resource includes lesson objectives, instructional strategies, and a guided outline for the successful facilitation of Research Quest in the classroom.

Teacher

Quick Start Guide

This Quick Start Guide offers a brief overview and essential links to get students set up and started using the investigation.

Student

Research Assistant Notebook - Level 1

This version is the most basic and has the most scaffolding.

Student

Research Assistant Notebook - Level 2

This version is scaffolded with fill-in-the-blank sentences..

Student

Research Assistant Notebook - Level 3

This version is the least scaffolded with blanks spaces for students to fill in their own findings and sentences.

Teacher

Vocabulary Guide

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Student

Comic Maker

Comic Maker Google Slides contains images that can be used to digitally create comic
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Student

Model Maker

Select your preferred model option.
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Student

Make Your Own

This is a list of ideas to create your own way to share learning and/or extend learning.
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Student

Quick Print: FFA Maker Templates

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Assessment

Student Learning Assessment Tool

This document is designed to assist teachers as they monitor and record evidence of critical thinking skills in students. It includes a rubric with definitions and examples of target behaviors as well as a chart to document critical thinking skills in individual students.

Assessment

Student Rubric for Assessing Learning Outcomes

This is a tool that students can use to self-assess their competency at behaviors targeted in Research Quest investigations— gathering data, making inferences, building a hypothesis, and verbal communication.

Assessment

Student Rubric for Presenting Arguments

This rubric is designed to guide students as they prepare to present their hypotheses to the class. The document also includes a chart for students to evaluate the presentations of their peers.