Inquiry Quest

Through game play, improve your middle school students' understanding of basic and advanced grammar rules and use.

Students research and discover through hands on activities 3 areas of achievements in Ancient Greece: Math and Science  (math, astronomy, physics, medicine) Art and Architecture (sculpture, pottery, floor and wall art, architecture) Literature and Language (theater and language) Each unit contains 2-3 activities for the students to choose from in each area of study.  They rotate between stations to explore and investigate aspects of Greece culture. After hands on work, students begin researching

Travel across Ancient Egypt to discover the rules of conjunctions. Students explore sentences about Ancient Egypt to look for patterns and rules for the various types of conjunctions. They they use these discoveries to create a treasure map across the deserts of Africa, which will further solidify their understanding of conjunctions and how they work.

Students research and discover through hands on activities in areas of achievements in Ancient Greece: Art and Architecture (sculpture, pottery, floor and wall art, architecture) Each unit contains 2-3 activities for the students to choose from in each area of study.  They rotate between stations to explore and investigate aspects of Greece culture. After hands on work, students begin researching the knowledge Greece brings to the world and the people known for these works.  Through short readin

Through a series of testimonies and case files, students solve a mystery while identifying prepositions.

Several levels of game play to allow your students to discover all aspects of verb usage.

Show your middle school student what life is like in the real world. Get a job, shop for apartments and furnish it, plan a menu, create a budget and pay your taxes. Interactive, cooperative, real world. A total of 10 tasks to make students understand the challenges of living on their own, and how DIFFICULT it would be to enter the workforce without any post secondary training. This project could easily become an anchor activity for a semester or even a year. Enjoy a Friday fun day where stud

Help middle school students identify pronouns through game play.

Build your student's deductive reasoning skills with this simple writing activity. Using various theories about how King Tut died, students will assess the evidence as valid or not, and determine their own theory. They will make a claim, and support it with evidence from their research. (Spanish Translation included)

When selecting evidence for a CER, students often take the short-cut of "copy/paste", since they will be crediting their source anyway. They have learned this isn't plagiarizing, since credit has been given. The problem is, many students copy and paste something they don't really understand! With this lesson, students are asked to rephrase information so they are able to support the evidence with their reasons.

Through gameplay, help your middle school students improve their speaking and writing vocabulary by selecting the correct irregular past participle.

Students research and discover through hands on activities exploring achievements in Ancient Greece: Math and Science  (math, astronomy, physics, medicine) Each unit contains 2-3 activities for the students to choose from in each area of study.  They rotate between stations to explore and investigate aspects of Greece culture. After hands on work, students begin researching the knowledge Greece brings to the world and the people known for these works.  Through short readings and videos, students

Student research can be a challenge. This activity gives students a chance to research people they feel are influential to see if they have the qualities society values beyond those they are famous for. This project takes a hard look at the fine line between public service and personal choices that might not be considered "respectable". Groups work together to research and determine who should be honored. This project ties research, evaluation, and argumentative writing.

Let students explore types of nouns in an interactive, collaborative way.

A digital breakout room reviewing grammar and language skills many students struggle with. Students find clues, solve puzzles, and "break" the professor out of the locked library in time to save the vial which could rid the world of a horrible illness! Skills include: Figurative language Irregular verbs proofreading (punctuation and capitalization) Direct objects, indirect objects and subject complements Prepositions

Students research and discover through hands on activities in areas of achievements in Ancient Greece: Literature and Language (theater and language) Each unit contains 2 activities for the students to choose from in each area of study.  They rotate between stations to explore and investigate aspects of Greece culture. After hands on work, students begin researching the knowledge Greece brings to the world and the people known for these works.  Through short readings and videos, students note wh

Investigate the Ancient Pharaohs and their journey to the afterlife. Learn about various pharaohs, and score them on their leadership qualities. Investigate King Tut's death - writing a CER to explain your theory. Create the Pharaoh's Book of the Dead - documenting their Journey to the Afterlife. Bonus: Hieroglyph Breakout Box!

Several lessons to get students prepared for writing a CER, step by step.

Students are fascinated by the history of Ancient Egypt! Learning about important leaders of Egypt can be repetitive and time consuming. This project allows students to learn brief information about some key people in Egyptian history, and use their evaluative skills to judge their success as a leader. In this 2-3 day activity, students learn about 4 key pharaohs through readings and videos. They take notes on key leadership qualities so they have the evidence needed to give a grade to the ph

Students do an independent project researching or reinforcing your teachings about the process of preparing an Ancient Egyptian for the afterlife. In this guided study, students are guided through slides that inform them about the steps to mummification, the importance of the Ba and Ka, ceremonies and traditions of burial, and even the need to hire mourners! All information is provided, as well as links for students who want to know more.