All learning is social, so when students learn something new, they want to share it with others. They could simply corner a classmate and ramble on and on about the things they have learned—but that's not a very effective way to share. Instead, students can share what they know by creating a project.
Projects in Inquire
The final part of Inquire gives guidelines and examples of dozens of amazing projects that can work in any class, for any subject. Here's a list of the projects:
- Basic Writing Projects: Paragraphs, summaries, e-mail, instructions, narratives, poems, plays, essays
- Advanced Writing Projects: News reports, observation reports, lab reports, proposals, business letters, argument essays, research papers
- Graphing Projects: Pie graphs, line graphs, bar graphs, tables, diagrams, time lines, flowcharts, infographics
- Web Projects: Glogs, digital stories, blog posts, wiki posts, Web pages, Web sites
- Audio-Visual Projects: Podcasts, slide shows, public service announcements, videos
- Design Projects: Cartoons, posters, T-shirts, brochures, blueprints, scale models, Rube Goldberg machines
- Performing Projects: Speeches, demonstration speeches, live interviews, debates, plays
- Community Projects: Events, contests, campaigns, clubs
