Interplanetary Inquiry

Catalog description

To be most effective in work and life, we need to learn how to recognize and solve problems and to work in teams. Students work together to reach understanding on a large goal associated with human society and space exploration. An example from a previous class is, 'What will the Moon be like after human settlement?' As a class, uses a weekly inquiry cycle to step toward the goal: read some content, ask a 'natural next question' that takes us one step further toward the goal, seek content to help answer that question and repeat. Students learn how to understand a complex problem through multiple steps, to approach challenging primary content, to productively critique each other's work and to think critically. Students meet for 2 hours per week but work extensively outside of class.