Class Discussion

  • Students work in groups to analyze the Natural Inquirer article research study and give a brief presentation on their findings to their…

    Lesson Plan – Summarize and Present

  • Students are assigned different sections of a Natural Inquirer article and work together to create a summary. This lesson plan can be…

    Lesson Plan – Jigsaw Summary

  • Lead students through an analysis of a Natural Inquirer article starting first with identification of key words and key phrases. This lesson…

    Lesson Plan – Key Words, Key Phrases

  • Students learn how to note important parts of a text by highlighting sentences that help them answer the Reflection Section…

    Lesson Plan – Highlighter

  • Use the Frayer Diagram with students to identify and define important words. This lesson plan can be used with any…

    Lesson Plan – Frayer Diagram

  • A guided reading lesson plan that breaks down each section in this article. There are activities for each part to…

    Lesson Plan – Inquiry 4 The World’s Forests Edition

  • This FACTivity is taken from the Pacific Fire Exchange wildfire curriculum mentioned in the last paragraph of the essay. The…

    FACTivity – A Tall Chamoru Latte, Please!

  • The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: How do mangrove forests compare with salt marshes? Materials: A blank…

    FACTivity – My Sediments Exactly

  • The question you will answer in this FACTivity is, “How can I share information with the public about vulnerable species…

    FACTivity – Standing On the Shoulders of Giants

  • In this FACTivity, you will compare different ways of displaying research findings . You will answer the following questions in…

    FACTivity – Goll-ly! Don’t Take a Knapweed!