Natural Phenomena – Students Questions from the Middle

As Hermine approaches on the east coast this Labor Day weekend we have a relevant post about student questioning from the middle school level on the topic of natural phenomena.

Beginning with the end in mind – Student Questions from High School

This week we are talking about student questions, what questions students come up with within the context of a GID unit, and how they relate to and address the content

Student Questions Drive the Process

Hi 52_GID Readers! It’s Leslie Maniotes – author of the GID series on the blog this week. EVERYbody is gearing up for their new year and few have time to

Librarians + GID = Perfection

In education, especially at the beginning of a school year, new initiatives or pilots of new initiatives are rolled out. It may be a new online grading program, new textbooks, a

GID and US History

One of the things I love most about my job as a middle school librarian is that I get to work with every department and every grade level. I work

GID in the Middle School Library

Hi! I’m Rachel Grover, the guest blogger for this week, and I’m a middle-school librarian in Fairfax County, Virginia. With just under 200 schools and over 160,000 students, we are

Overall

My apologies for loading three posts at once, I am travelling to NZ tomorrow for the IBBY Conference. (International Board of Books for Young People) so I need to finish

Problems and Solutions

In this Blog Post I thought I would share some problems and solutions that I have found – maybe it will be useful for others! Lack of time, always an

National Parks

A recent example of my Guided Inquiry work has been with a unit for Year 4 students on National Parks in Australia. This subject is close to my own heart

From Australia

Hello, this is my first blog post on the 52 Week GID Challenge. Thanks for setting it up Leslie, it has made interesting reading! My name is Margo Pickworth and