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

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.