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Now that we have engaged with inquiry thinking through engaging, challenging, relevant, and signficant, it helps us to think about planning on a deeper level.  We will create our unit plan thinking through these questions:  

• How will students create goals based on success criteria? 
• How is the classroom arranged to invite inquiry?  Who is making these decisions?
• What materials are being used?  Is there a balance across all the content areas? 
• What questions are being posed?  Is there a balance between open and closed questions? 
• What strategies are being modeled, so students can become more independent? 
• How are student inquiries celebrated?
• How will students self and peer assess their understanding of the big ideas? 

Once you've planned with these questions in mind, you will have a more inquiry-driven learning happening in your classroom.  Students will be contributors to the learning experience, because the setting has been prepared for their ideas and explorations. 

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