Getting Started on an April Evening
Art for Sale presents a challenge for students to research and add three pieces of art work to a collection. How will they integrate Pacific Northwestern art into a collection that has been fairly traditional in its taste? How does this WQ incorporate conceptual thinking, differing viewpoints and synthesizing ideas...as well as scaffolding the learning. Take a look and see what you think. Is this an appropriate activity for 3rd through 5th graders?
Non native species are invading everywhere. It's a problem in many parts of the world. What student doesn't love to study Hawaii. In this WQ students are examining this invasion in the context of the tropical paradise of Hawaii's ecosystems. In this WQ, I'm interested to see what you think of the resources they've selected and if you think they match the task. What do you think of the scaffolding? Is the task and evaluation well matched? Will middle school students be able to complete this task in the alloted time and able to synthesize the material into new thinking with what they are given?
Now take a moment to think about how what you've seen in these WQs should/can influence what you're doing with you're own WQ designs. It can be positive and negative. Add a comment below.
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