TPT
Total:
$0.00
Inquiry Quest Banner

Inquiry Quest

Rated 4.5 out of 5, based on 4 reviews
8 Followers
janesville, Wisconsin, United States
About the store
I have taught middle school for the past 32 years in all subject areas. I currently focus on ELA and Ancient Civilizations. I create lessons that will challenge gifted students and will interest students with learning challenges.
Read more

All resources

Preview of The Cartographer's Guild: Expedition Conjunction

The Cartographer's Guild: Expedition Conjunction

Created by
Inquiry Quest
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.
Preview of Greek Art and Architecture

Greek Art and Architecture

Created by
Inquiry Quest
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
Preview of Preposition Pursuit:  The Phrase Function Mission

Preposition Pursuit: The Phrase Function Mission

Created by
Inquiry Quest
Through a series of testimonies and case files, students solve a mystery while identifying prepositions.
Preview of Verb Detective Game Kit

Verb Detective Game Kit

Created by
Inquiry Quest
Several levels of game play to allow your students to discover all aspects of verb usage.
Preview of Reality Math

Reality Math

Created by
Inquiry Quest
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
Preview of Pronoun Power-up

Pronoun Power-up

Created by
Inquiry Quest
Help middle school students identify pronouns through game play.
Preview of Ancient Greek Math and Science

Ancient Greek Math and Science

Created by
Inquiry Quest
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
Preview of Past Participle Showdown

Past Participle Showdown

Created by
Inquiry Quest
Through gameplay, help your middle school students improve their speaking and writing vocabulary by selecting the correct irregular past participle.
Preview of Lost in the Library!

Lost in the Library!

Created by
Inquiry Quest
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
Preview of Noun Explorer

Noun Explorer

Created by
Inquiry Quest
Let students explore types of nouns in an interactive, collaborative way.
Preview of Greek Theater and Literature

Greek Theater and Literature

Created by
Inquiry Quest
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
Preview of Now Showing - A review of grammar skills

Now Showing - A review of grammar skills

Created by
Inquiry Quest
Three "movies" are showing at the theater. Each will help your students review difficult grammar skills. The Princess Bride reviews direct, indirect objects and subject complements. Star Trek review phrases such as: infinitives, prepositions, participles and gerunds. Clue reviews simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. After reviewing, there is a 24 question quiz, reviewing these skills.
Preview of Civilization Rummy

Civilization Rummy

Created by
Inquiry Quest
A game to help students learn the GRAPES vocabulary for their study of early civilizations.
Preview of Mesopotamian Cuneiform Writing - Thinking like a Historian

Mesopotamian Cuneiform Writing - Thinking like a Historian

Created by
Inquiry Quest
Students use investigative, research and observation skills to "help" a professor from Oxford decode a Cuneiform tablet. (research sites not included)
Showing 1-14 of 14 results

About the store

Experience

I have taught middle school for the past 32 years in all subject areas. I currently focus on ELA and Ancient Civilizations. I create lessons that will challenge gifted students and will interest students with learning challenges.

Teaching style

I teach through experience and story. Students are engaged in learning when they can be part of the action! Our projects are investigative, research based and hands on!