A New Opportunity for Rising Seniors
Everyone likes choices. They empower us, motivate us and can help us grow.
Senior Inquiry is a one-of-a-kind course that puts the power of choice in your hands. Unlike any other class we offer, you will have the opportunity to choose your own path of inquiry: Begin with a question, problem, or issue and research a solution, outcome or explanation. In consultation with the teachers, you will learn the process of inquiry and apply it to an approved topic of your choosing. Your interest is the fuel and this class is that vehicle. This course offers an individualized experience led by the decisions you make throughout the process. You will have guided work time and individual conferences with the teachers. This format will provide you with an experience that previews the style of a college course. |
Want to learn more?Stop by C118 (right next to the LMC) on December 13 during lunch hours for a chance to speak with the teachers and learn more about this class and what it can offer you as a student.
See your Junior House School Counselor for more information. |
Possible Topics
Choosing a topic will be a fundamental part of the first month of the course. Below are samples of possible topics. You are NOT limited to these:
- The problem of food waste
- Safety of Football helmets
- Importance of voting age and civic participation of teens
- Genetically modified organisms
- Starting a farm
- Effects of sleep deprivation on academic achievement in teens
- Low lying islands and global warming
- Social media and mental health
- Genetically modified plants
- The challenges of college costs
- Significance of electric cars to the future
- History and connections of religions
- Gun control in the United States
- Urban farming as s solution of inner-city hunger
- Gender equality progress
This course will use a blended format that will have long-term deadlines and the chance to work on a singular issue over a longer period of time.
You will have guided work time and individual conferences with the teachers. At these conferences, teachers will support you in developing your topic to include relevant and authentic issues and concepts that relate to your central problem or question. You will also learn the basics of research and what tools and procedures are valuable and contribute to your final presentation or product.
The final project gives you the opportunity to summarize a complex issue and offer predictions and inferences moving forward.
This class will be taught by two teachers: Mrs. Pavlik (Business Department) and Mr. Figi (Science Department)
You will have guided work time and individual conferences with the teachers. At these conferences, teachers will support you in developing your topic to include relevant and authentic issues and concepts that relate to your central problem or question. You will also learn the basics of research and what tools and procedures are valuable and contribute to your final presentation or product.
The final project gives you the opportunity to summarize a complex issue and offer predictions and inferences moving forward.
This class will be taught by two teachers: Mrs. Pavlik (Business Department) and Mr. Figi (Science Department)