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It All Starts with a Question...
Imagine Classroom harnesses your students’ natural curiosity to create inspiring and unforgettable learning experiences.
It Pays to Wonder
Imagine Classroom is a nurturing environment that invites students to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and delve into topics that make them curious. By empowering students to follow their own unique paths of inquiry, Imagine Classroom ignites real engagement with learning, filling sessions with the sounds of discovery, discussion, and developing understanding.
What Is Imagine Classroom?
Imagine Classroom is an innovative portfolio of curricula designed to foster inquiry-based learning, empowering students to become active participants in their educational journeys. By combining the power of hands-on experiences, digital investigations, and real-world connections, Imagine Classroom cultivates deep engagement with learning.
- Twig Science offers comprehensive coverage of science standards, inviting K–8 students to step into the roles of real-world scientists and engineers.
- Imagine Learning EL Education incorporates a content-based approach to literacy instruction, utilizing compelling texts that connect K–8 learning to the real world.
- Imagine IM provides a dynamic and IM-Certified instructional experience for K–12 students.
- Traverse presents a digital-forward social studies curriculum built around engaging, customizable content to appeal to 6–12 students' varied learning styles.
Imagine Classroom Impacts
By fostering conditions that encourage inquiry, Imagine Classroom gives students opportunities to become active participants in their own learning, asking questions, exploring, and seeking answers. It’s an approach that not only equips students with the tools to excel academically but also nurtures their creativity, problem-solving abilities, and lifelong love for knowledge.
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How Inquiry Works
Inquiry-based learning involves a three-stage process: exploration, investigation, and reflection. Learners are encouraged to generate questions and develop a curiosity about a particular topic, gathering information, brainstorming ideas, and exploring resources. During the investigation stage, learners delve deeper into their chosen question or problem and actively engage in critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration. Finally, in the reflection stage, learners reflect on their findings, evaluate their process, and consider how their new knowledge connects to real-life situations. They may also identify areas for further exploration and set goals for future learning.
Inquiry in Action
The power of inquiry to develop deeper interests and understanding is the central theme of Scope, an Imagine Learning original series recently launched on YouTube. Each month, Scope delves into some of the biggest topics in media and culture and uncovers the fundamental knowledge needed to truly understand them. In each episode, the presenters develop their own angles of inquiry, investigate multiple sources of information, and think critically to make sense of what they uncover — all the while communicating their understanding as it grows.
Supporting Teachers to Develop Wonder
As your students progress through the grades, the questions they ask become more complex, reflecting a deeper understanding of topics and a more sophisticated sense of the connections between concepts.
This development needn’t be hard to foster. In fact, Imagine Learning’s portfolio of curricula make it easier to encourage students to grow into inquiring, curious learners. Key features of Twig Science, Imagine IM, Imagine Learning EL Education, and Traverse include:
- Learning connected to real-world experiences — core learning problems and contexts that relate knowledge and skills to recognizable, relevant situations
- Inclusive, immersive, student-focused learning — instructional routines that encourage student research, investigation, discussion, and collaboration
- Digital-first curricula for the 21st century — user-friendly digital platforms presenting high-quality educational multimedia, including rich video, audio, and interactive content
- Equity and access — designed to engage all students and provide equitable opportunities for high-quality instruction
Benefits of Inquiry
