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Make It Happen!
Inquiry and Technology in the Middle School Curriculum
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Materials

The Make It Happen! materials include a facilitator's manual and teacher's guide--both designed to help a middle school staff get the program up and running.  The facilitator's manual provides a process for initiating and conducting the program, and includes materials for use at each phase of the process.  The teacher's guide describes the I-Search process and explains what the teacher teams will be doing to develop the curriculum units. It outlines sample activities that teachers can use as models.

To read examples from the Make It Happen! materials, visit the following links:

yellow arrow Designing a Unit - Describes the curriculum development process leading to the design of an interdisciplinary unit.
yellow arrow Sample Activity  -  Describes an activity from the teacher's guide, Phase I: Activity 6, "Pose Questions"
yellow arrow Student Work - Samples of students'  I-Search reports and assessment rubrics
yellow arrow Case Study - A case study that depicts an I-Search unit in action. 

 

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