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Subject or theme in which the sustained inquiry is based.
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Take into account what do students already know, what they need to be taught and what will they discover for themselves.
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Meaningful problem to be solved or challenging question to answer. It captures the purpose of the project and it is appropiate to the level of the students.
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Define the expectations and goals of the lesson planning. Educational purpose of the teaching-learning process.
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Test how learning is going, identify weaknesses and areas for improvement, help students to learn from each other and guide during the learning experience.
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Must include the development of several skills: research, predicting and justifying, measuring and estimating, design, testing, graphing, documenting the process, team responsabilities, communication and reflection.
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Within the four language skills needed to acquire a language, define the vocabulary, grammar structures, etc. necessary for the project.
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Final result of the project, reflects the inquiry process and the knowledge acquired. Should be showed to an audience, so that students can explain their reflections and conclusions.
