Essential+Questions,+Foundation+Questions

=Essential Questions and Foundation Questions= Inquiry-based research structuring model that supports open ended questions and higher level thinking skills. Also the structure makes it harder to plagiarize.

//An essential question is defined as a question that requires students to make a decision or plan a course of action. Foundation questions are "What is" questions. As the name suggests, these questions, and their answers, provide a factual "foundation" from which the answer to the essential question can be developed//.

For more, and examples, read the article at [] __Using the internet for Inquiry-based Learning__.

These are some lessons a I created to introduce and practice essential and foundation questions with fifth graders. All are Inspiration 7 files.


 * [[file:essential_vs_foundation.isf]]
 * [[file:Essential question ideas.inf]]
 * [[file:How can we be better prepar.inf]]
 * [[file:Sort questions.inf]]
 * [[file:traits_of_a_good.inf]]
 * [[file:Missions example.inf]]
 * [[file:Volcanoes sample.inf]]