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** If you are interested in activities and strategies to use during inquiries, please also see: Making thinking visible, Thinking routines 1, Thinking routines 2 and Thinking routines 3.
You can see more from Kath Murdoch on the post: IDEA: Kath Murdoch and Inquiry Learning

An integrated curriculum is a way to teach students that attempts to break down barriers between subjects and make learning more meaningful to students. There are various planning models and approaches for integrated curriculums.

An advantage being the value of helping students to make connections within and across learning areas. Other advantages for teachers and learners using an integrated curriculum are: reflection, challenge, catering for variety, management, meeting outcomes in context, making sense, provision of student control, encouragement, meaningful structure, enablement of transference of learning, up-skilling, making explicit links and an enrichment of learning.

Kath Murdoch's inquiry-based Framework for a sequence of activities and some strategies that you can plan to utilise when you teach your inquiry:

Brainstorming

Bundling (when brainstormed words e.g. on a topic, are bundled together (those that belong together) onto strips of paper making categories and each is given a title/label.)

Chatterboxes

Cover puzzles

Finish the sentence

Graffiti board (the key word, phrase or question is put in the middle of a large sheet of paper; students are free to write or draw any ideas that are sparked by the words displayed.)

Mind mapping

Mystery boxes (object to do with topic is placed secretly in a box and students have to ask yes/no answer questions to reveal its identity.)

Paired interviews (children interview each other about their understandings of a topic)

Pass the ball (like hot potato)

People bingo

Picture priorities

Possible sentences

Post-a-question

Question of the day

Rocket writing (chn write everything they know in a very short time)

Silent jigsaw

Something from home

Startling statements

The question game

Think, pair, share

Think, wink, decide

Topic wheels

Visualisation and prediction

Visual representation (labelled diagrams, comic strips, plasticine models, collages, 3D models, maps/floor plans, flow diagrams, cut-away/X-ray pictures)

Word associations and definitions

* finding out

Finding out:

Animals and plants in the classroom

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CD-ROMs

Excursions

Experiments

Film, video and television

Interviews and surveys

Letter writing

Newspapers and magazines

Paintings, photographs, drawings and other visual images

Picture books and novels

Phone calls

Shared book experience

Structured observations

The internet

* sorting out

Sorting out:

Through dance and drama

Through media and visual arts

Collage

Dioramas

Models

Visual artwork (paint, crayon, charcoal, pencils, pastels, chalk)

Diagrams (X-ray, comic strips, flow charts, cut-aways, maps, before-and-after)

Using fabrics (quilts, patchwork, wall hangings, puppets, table cloths, dolls and other figures)

Making videos

Multimedia presentations

Mobiles

Radio plays

Thaumatropes

Through mathematics

Classifying

Fact finding

Graphs (pictographs, pie graphs, line graphs, bar graphs, 3D graphs, dot graphs, stem plots)

Maths projects

Maps

Problem-solving

Scale models and drawings

Timelines

Venn diagrams

Through music

Through english

Writing using a range of text types (personal descriptions, technical descriptions, scientific reports, explanations, instructions, manuals, recipes, directions, reviews, diaries, personal recounts, stories, fables, fairy tales, poems, letters, advertisement, chants, scripts, banners)

Build a story

Compare and contrast

Data charts

DRTA (Directed thinking and reading activities)

Oral presentations

Told us... made us wonder

Written conversation

Wall stories and charts

Read and retell

Three-level guide

Poetry

Bookmaking

Puzzle cards

Readers theatre

* going further

Going further:

Individual projects

Contracts

Cooperative group tasks

Expert groupsSeven at once: multiple intelligence work station

Other independent activities for going further

* making connections

Making connections:

Board games

Bloom's box

Concept maps

Connectit

Content-based cloze

Consensus 1-3-6

Cross-impact grid

Crossword puzzles

Diamond display

De Bono's 6 thinking hats

Effects wheels

In my club

Laying it on the line

Learning maps

Similes and metaphors

PMI: plus-minus-interesting

Putting you in the picture

Question ball

Question me an answer

Statements of generalisation

Two trues and a false

Time capsules

What am I?

* taking action

Taking action:

Advertising campaigns

Annotated exhibitions

Arts in the local community

Designing self-guided walks

Develop an action plan for the school

From here to there

Global links

Hear all about it

Letter writing

Meet the press

Personal pledge

Read all about it

More strategies for action (fund raising, publishing, signs, sponsoring, auditing, stunted representative council)

See: http://www.inquiryschools.net/page10/files/Kath%20Inquiry.pdf

"It's not just what you plan - it's the way that you teach it!"

Other strategies for sharing, discussion and reflection:

Sharing and discussion

Carousel sharing

Class meetings

Concentric circles

Conversation counters

Cumulative listening

Discussion dissection

Focused reporting

Jigsaw sharing

Talking stick

Print walk

Watch this space

Reflection and self-assessment

Class diary

Group work pie chart

Learning logs

Photojournals

Reflection roundabouts

Self-assessment

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- Organitzar, representar i presentar la informació del pas "Finding out".
- Donar als alumnes l'oportunitat d'utilitzar la seva estratègia preferida per demostrar el seu aprenentatge.
Activitats:
- Composicions artístiques: dramatització, titelles, dioràmes, maquetes, dibuix...
- Conferències i presentacions.
- Mapes mentals.
- Puzles i jocs.

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Propòsits:
- Donar als alumnes l'oportunitat de reflexionar sobre què i com han après.
- Identificar canvis en les habilitats, coneixements i valors.
- Establir conclusions i connectar idees.
Activitats:
- Jocs.
- Mapes conceptuals.
- Cross-impact grid.
- Campanyes publicitàries.
- Exhibicions.
- Desenvolupament de plans d'acció.
- Discussions i debats.

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Porpòsits:
- Augmentar el coneixement dels alumnes sobre el tema.
- Plantejar reptes a les creences, idees i valors dels alumnes.
- Donar als alumnes la possibilitat d'usar les seves capacitats cognitives: pensament, comunicació, cooperació i recerca.
Activitats:
- Anàlisi de la pluja d'idees.
- Circle Talk.
- Lectura compartida.
- Eight squares.
- Jigsaw reading.
- Head talk.
- Maths investigation.
- Racó d'investigació.
- Entrevistes.
- Excursions i sortides.
- Videos.

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Propòsits:
- Activar els coneixements previs dels alumnes.
- Motivar els alumnes.
- Detectar els coneixements dels alumnes, quins són correctes i quins erronis.
- Ajudar als alumnes a conectar amb el tema.
- Generar preguntes i objectius d'aprenentatge.
Activitats:
- Caixa misteriosa.
- Pluja d'idees.
- Classificar, organitzar, ordenar, aparellar, etc. materials, fotos o objectes per construir posters o cartells que s'aniràn modificant.
- Completar quadres o gràfiques.
- Dibuixar.
- Converçar en grup.