About the Agenda.

What this is

The Science Inquiry Based Agenda is a five-pillar inquiry sequence for Grades 4–7: a teacher planning worksheet and a worked answer key for each of the first four pillars, a one-page curriculum framework — the Synergistic Inquiry Flywheel — that holds the whole thing together, and the Pillar 5 skill assessment that closes the loop.

That is the entire library — 10 documents. It is meant to be small. Every page is designed to be used in a real lesson rather than read about.

Who it is from

The agenda is the work of Lucas Hayden, and the materials are shared with educators at no cost.

Who it is for

• Grades 4–7 science teachers who want inquiry to be the structure of a unit, not a garnish on it.
• Departments looking for a shared vocabulary across year groups.
• Trainee and early-career teachers who want the sequence made explicit.
• Home educators teaching science without a packaged curriculum.

How to use the materials

• Read anything on this site for free — no account, no email, no limits.
• Add your email once to download or print any document in the library.
• Photocopy and distribute within your institution for instructional use.
• Keep each document intact and unedited, as the rights line below requires.

Permissions

© 2018 Lucas Hayden. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to educational institutions to print, copy, and distribute this material for non-commercial instructional use, provided the document remains intact and unedited.

For anything beyond that — commercial use, adaptation, or inclusion in a published course — please get in touch first.