Pillar 1
Phenomenological Anchoring
Teacher guidance and planner for unpacking a real-world phenomenon: what students will observe, why it is puzzling, and the driving questions it should provoke.
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Pillar 1
Teacher guidance and planner for unpacking a real-world phenomenon: what students will observe, why it is puzzling, and the driving questions it should provoke.
Pillar 1 Answer Key
Teacher answer key and worked exemplar for the Pillar 1 worksheet.
Pillar 2
Teacher guidance and planner for turning students’ open questions into testable hypotheses, with variables, measures and experimental design mapped out.
Pillar 2 Answer Key
Teacher answer key and worked exemplar for the Pillar 2 worksheet, following a single unit from curiosity spark to controlled variables.
Pillar 3
Teacher guidance and planner for synthesising divergent claims — claim, counter-claim and integrated resolution — with prompts for scaffolding argument and peer dialogue.
Pillar 3 Answer Key
Teacher answer key and worked exemplar for the Pillar 3 worksheet.
Pillar 4
Teacher guidance and planner for connecting findings to a local community challenge and scaffolding a student-led action, with success measures built in.
Pillar 4 Answer Key
Teacher answer key and worked exemplar for the Pillar 4 worksheet.
Framework
The Synergistic Inquiry Flywheel on one page: four stages, each with teacher notes, a specific skill focus and assessment strategies. Built for Grades 4–7.
Pillar 5 Skill Assessment
The Pillar 5 skill assessment. Students map the relationships across the whole inquiry, then critique and redesign the investigation they just ran.
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