Deeper Learning

Deeper learning is interacting with real world or simulated real world situations, often to solve relevant challenges. Students develop questions, connect with resources, research, challenge-solve, and communicate their work and Continue Reading →

Darling Engineers: How can we design chocolate melters?

On a cold winter day in Waterville, Maine, Laurette Darling tells her fourth graders they will be designing and constructing features of chocolate melting solar warmers. During melter design work Continue Reading →

Inquiry Learning Isn’t a Free-For-All

Inquiry learning, also called inquiry-based learning, in a nutshell, is learning through systematic investigation, centering around student-generated questions. PreK-graduate level students engage in inquiry learning. The ability to ask relevant Continue Reading →