Challenging problem or question

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FOR STUDENTS

FOR TEACHERS

• Guides project work

• Creates interest and/or sense of challenge

• Reminds them “Why we’re doing this today”

• Guides planning and reframes content standards or big ideas

• Captures and communicates the purpose of the project

• Initiates, focuses and sustains inquiry

Criteria for evaluating your question:

1. Will my students understand it? (Bonus: …and find it intriguing?)

2. Is it open-ended and does it require a complex answer?

3. To answer it, will my students need to learn important content and skills?

4. Does it focus on an authentic issue, problem or challenge? (Bonus: …and create a local/global context for the project?)

WHAT WILL MY STUDENTS/TEAMS CREATE?

PRODUCT

 FOCUS

 Same product, same focus

 Presentation, water quality in our region

Different product, same focus

Presentation/ photo essay, water quality in our region

 Same product, different focus

 Presentation, water quality in various parts of our region

Different product, different focus

Presentation/ photo essay, water quality in various parts of our region