Welcome to Inquiry Week!
March 2–6, 2026
All week long, we’re celebrating inquiry by lifting up real classroom work and the questions students and teachers are exploring. If inquiry is happening where you teach, you belong here. There are two ways to participate.
Submit Inquiry Work
Have inquiry work from your classroom? We’d love to see it. You can submit:
- Inquiry Walls or question charts
- Student-generated questions
- Teacher Inquiry Questions
- In-progress work from your classroom
- Anything else that shows inquiry in your classroom!
Share Inquiry Questions
Not ready to submit work yet? You can still join the conversation. Inquiry often starts with a question. A real one that students or teachers are wondering about right now. You can share your Inquiry Question by:
- Commenting on an Inquiry Week post on Instagram or LinkedIn
- Replying to one of our Inquiry Week emails
We’ll be highlighting Inquiry Questions all week so educators can learn from one another.
Share Inquiry Work
Celebrate your students!
Inquiry Week is also about celebrating students and the questions they bring to learning.
We’re sharing a student Inquiry Week certificate you can use to recognize students for their curiosity, questioning, and thinking. It’s a simple way to celebrate inquiry, whether your work feels finished or still in progress.
Contest FAQs
Do submissions need to be perfect?
No. We’re interested in the learning process, not polished final products.
Inquiry work might include student work, vocabulary, anchor charts, images, or other artifacts that show thinking over time. If it reflects real student questions and learning, it counts.
How will winners be chosen?
Submissions are reviewed for creativity, clarity, and how well they represent the inquiry process. Winning submissions may be featured in an Inquiry Work Gallery to help other educators see what inquiry can look like in real classrooms.
What file types can I submit?
You can submit:
- Images (JPG or PNG)
- Videos (MP4 or MOV) Files should be under 100 MB.
Do I need to submit physical copies of student work?
No. Digital submissions work great.
If space is limited, feel free to share smaller pieces of student work or snapshots that capture student thinking, reading, or writing in social studies.
Any tips for taking photos or videos of my inquiry work?
A few simple tips:
- Take more than one photo.
- Include at least one full view, plus a few close-ups.
- Make sure the image is bright and easy to read.
Clear photos help us see student thinking more clearly.
Looking for inspiration?
Explore examples from the Inquiry Work Gallery.
Click on a thumbnail below to expand and view more images.
We wrote this rap using the criteria for behavior at school. We performed it at our school assembly and then asked the audience questions about what to do in certian situations. The answer was always ask.
Navigating School
Kindergarten
Final Product
We wrote this rap using the criteria for behavior at school. We performed it at our school assembly and then asked the audience questions about what to do in certian situations. The answer was always ask.
Additional Info
Paula Walker from Quality Schools International: IT, Kindergarten
This is our classroom quilt square display. Each student has at least 1 completed square that is displayed, and some from each lesson are combined to make our quilt.
Families Near and Far
1st Grade
Handout
This is our classroom quilt square display. Each student has at least 1 completed square that is displayed, and some from each lesson are combined to make our quilt.
Additional Info
Amanda Fabian from South Brunswick School District: NJ, 1st Grade
Students write one word/short phrases on index cards that describe what contributes to a healthy democracy and add to poster throughout unit.
Rights and Responsibilities
5th Grade
Wall Display
Students write one word/short phrases on index cards that describe what contributes to a healthy democracy and add to poster throughout unit.
Additional Info
Angela Kastrava from Canby School District: OR, 5th Grade
The students focused on an important tradition within their family and culture to create a picture book/ebook. They enjoyed the creative process and took great pride in planning and sharing.
Families Near and Far
1st Grade
Final Product
The students focused on an important tradition within their family and culture to create a picture book/ebook. They enjoyed the creative process and took great pride in planning and sharing.
Additional Info
Beth Caruso from South Brunswick School District: NJ, 1st Grade
We will create an ABC Book on Sustainability to inspire our community to use natural resources responsibly.
Natural Resources of the U.S.
4th Grade
Final Product
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We will create an ABC Book on Sustainability to inspire our community to use natural resources responsibly.
Additional Info
Valeria Laitinen from Quality Schools International: IT, 4th Grade
Global Connections
3rd Grade
Final Product
Additional Info
Stacey Chu from Quality Schools International: IT, 3rd Grade
Families Near and Far
1st Grade
Investigation Questions Anchor Chart
Additional Info
Amanda Fabian from South Brunswick School District: NJ, 1st Grade
We started this Inquiry with our Investigation questions which we have now started to answer as we continue to work through this inquiry. This footsteps visual is great to show students what they are learning and display these so they can be proud of their work. We are in the middle of Module 5 in this inquiry and are about to begin our present footsteps on our path to equality and justice.
The 20th Century Civil Rights Movement
3rd Grade
Wall Display
We started this Inquiry with our Investigation questions which we have now started to answer as we continue to work through this inquiry. This footsteps visual is great to show students what they are learning and display these so they can be proud of their work. We are in the middle of Module 5 in this inquiry and are about to begin our present footsteps on our path to equality and justice.
Additional Info
Carley Sweeney from Allamakee Community School District: IA, 3rd Grade
Students created a quilt from family papers and a cookbook to show family foods.
Families Near and Far
1st Grade
Final Product
Students created a quilt from family papers and a cookbook to show family foods.
Additional Info
Theresa Meadors from Bloomington District 87 Schools: IL, 1st Grade
Students researched an innovator, completing the profile handout. These were on display at an innovation fair held by the school.
Innovation
2nd Grade
Handout
Students researched an innovator, completing the profile handout. These were on display at an innovation fair held by the school.
Additional Info
Barbara Mastin from Deerfield Public Schools District 109: IL, 2nd Grade
In a group, students created maps with a key and legend. Some groups tried to represent their hometown; others created a fictional village. Some teachers had students create a map as a cumulative project and included landforms as a feature within the map.
Our Special Location
1st Grade
Final Product
In a group, students created maps with a key and legend. Some groups tried to represent their hometown; others created a fictional village. Some teachers had students create a map as a cumulative project and included landforms as a feature within the map.
Additional Info
Barbara Mastin from Deerfield Public Schools District 109: IL, 1st Grade
Ancient Egypt Anchor Chart
Ancient Egypt
6th Grade
Investigation Questions Anchor Chart
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Ancient Egypt Anchor Chart
Additional Info
Allan Cupicciotti from Chicago Public Schools - GALILEO SCHOLASTIC ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE : IL, 6th Grade
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