Inquiry Process for Year 9 FFL - 2017

Define What is the problem, big question?	Create a brainstorm of ideas Refine and define your driving question, share this with your mentor group and your mentor teacher Driving questions are the heart of your research, they provide purpose and focus.  Your question should be clear, complex and open-ended.  They will provide the basis for you to innovate or create a product for solution. A good driving question will then provide opportunities for you to develop KEY questions - these will help you answer the driving question. See this link on our website for more help in writing a good driving question. Writing good Key Questions
Discover How can I complete the task? What will I need to do?	Select an idea and expand your thoughts. Create an ACTION PLAN Think about the 5 W’s and 1 H.   WHAT, WHERE, WHO, HOW, WHY and WHEN What information do I need to know? Where will I find this information? Who can help me?  This could be experts in our whanau, school or community Why would I use this information in my research?  Why would I choose to interview or survey people? When is my deadline and am I on track to meet this? How am I going to find the primary and secondary sources that I need?  Eg Library, Interviews, Surveys, Newspapers, Magazines, Internet? Create a folder and documents to record all your work.  You and your teachers will need to be able to access this.  Make sure it is in the shared FFL drive. Begin your plan - the HOW (what you are going to do, why and when) Record your PROCESS ensuring you evidence EVERYTHING you are doing - research, phone calls, reading etc. You MUST be able to JUSTIFY what you are doing - time management.
Dream Think big, what is it going to turn out like? Imagine a solution	What do you believe the impact of this information will have on our community in the future? What will it LOOK like? Create a vision board of your ideas.  Think about the solutions that are in place now and what future solutions could look like?  What is your place in this?  How can you affect change?
Design Create a design / plan the way you want it to work.	What do you need to do to make your dream a reality? How are you going to present your information?  What is going to be the most effective way to communicate your ideas and learnings on this topic.   How do you think you can best present your plan of action to implement change or innovation?
Deliver Deliver the idea / end product / action	Put your plan into action. Come up with an end product that encapsulates all of your learnings and work in this topic.
Debrief Go over what worked, what could be improved, next steps to improve	Present and share what you have done. Think about what you achieved throughout the process - final conclusion.   Evaluate the process and your engagement in this. What did you do well? What do you need to improve on? What were new learnings for you in this topic?