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Kqed: Mind Shift: Inquiry Learning vs. Standardized Content: Can They Coexist?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A realistic look at the balance between content standards- driven teaching and inquiry-based learning.
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Kqed: Mind Shift: 5 Tools to Help Students Learn How to Learn

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Taken together these five tools, which are deceptively simple, can give students the experience of deeper inquiry and insight into their own learning habits and preferences.
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Kqed: Mind Shift: The Inquiry Process, Step by Step

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Created by educators in Australia, this diagram can be a helpful resource for students, as they embark on the inquiry learning process.
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Kqed: Mind Shift: Creating Classrooms We Need: 8 Ways Into Inquiry Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Read these eight quick suggestions you can use with your students to begin infusing inquiry-based learning into your instruction.
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Kqed: Mind Shift: How to Trigger Students' Inquiry Through Projects

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Project based learning helps students tap into their inquiry and curiosity. Use these five steps to help you develop meaningful student projects in your classroom.
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Quest: How Do Greenhouse Gases Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive infographic to learn about the function of greenhouse gases, and how they affect heat in the atmosphere.
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Kqed: Quest: Education: Media Making Toolkit [For the Science Classroom]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide to integrating media-making into a science classroom provides an engaging way for students to demonstrate knowledge and build 21st-century learning skills. Supplies tools for teachers to make science-based media,...
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Kqed: Quest: Education: Media Making Toolkit [For the Science Classroom]

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide to integrating media-making into a science classroom provides an engaging way for students to demonstrate knowledge and build 21st-century learning skills. Supplies tools for teachers to make science-based media,...
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Kqed: Quest: How Nuclear Reactors Work

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive explorer allows students to click on a hot spot on the image and learn more about how nuclear reactors work.
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Kqed: Majority Rules: California's Proposition System Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
This highly visual infographic explains how propositions get on the ballot in the state of California.
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Quest: How Ocean Acidification Affects Shelled Organisms

For Students 5th - 6th
This step-by-step tutorial walks students through the effects of ocean acidification on some shelled marine organisms.