3rd Grade Quarter 4 Inquiry Project
What are the different ways people view issues?
School Uniforms
“Should You Have to Wear A School Uniform?” Current Events
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000029401
“The Right Fit” Weekly Reader
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000209405
“Dressed for Success?” Time for Kids
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000208592
“Hot Button Issues in Education Today: School Uniforms” Parenthood.com
http://www.parenthood.com/printarticle.php?Article_ID=7148
Homework
“Homework Stress” Weekly Reader
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000132321
“Too Much Homework” Time for Kids
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000095384
“The Homework Debate” The Washington Post
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000289135
“Too Much Homework?” USA Today
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000294521
“Not Enough Homework?” Time for Kids
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000176074
Extended School Day/ Year Round School
“Back (and Back and Back) to School” Boys’ Life
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000141483
“Does School + More School = Smarter Kids?”
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000130895
“Summer School?” Know Your World Extra
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000278727
“Time for School?” Current Events
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000278250
“Is Summer Vacation Bad For You?” Scholastic Scope
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000314031
Plastic/Paper/Reusable Bags
“Bagging The Bags” Scholastic Action
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000306450
“Paper or Plastic” Science World
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000276642
“Bag Battle” Current Events
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000314103
“Paper or Plastic?” Current Events
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000276407
“Get rid of plastic bags?” Junior Scholastic
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000342564
“Consumers, cities, sacking plastic bags” News & Observer
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000275620
Paying for Test Scores/Good Behavior
“Studying Pays Off” Scholastic Action
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000289006
“Cash Courses” Current Events
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000338894
“Show Me the Money” Current Events
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000290304
“Show Them the Money?” Scholastic Action
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000273743
“A is for Ipod..or pizza…or cash” New York Times Upfront
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000292690
Co-Ed Sports
“Should Girls Play on Boys’ Sports Teams?” Storyworks
http://storyworks.scholastic.com/Scholastic/storyworks/resource/PDF/November_December_2012/STORYWORKS110112-Debate.pdf
“She’s Got Game” Scholastic Choices
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000205626
“Boy Fights To Play Volleyball on Girls’ Team” ABC
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/northern_suburbs&id=8823536
“Boy Field Hockey Star Wins Appeal to Play on Girl’s Team” Yahoo
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/boy-field-hockey-star-wins-appeal-play-girl-161200099.html#!clsXL
Paper Towels or Electric Hand Dryers
“This or That: Paper Towels vs. Electric Hand Dryers” Rodale.com
http://www.rodale.com/electric-hand-dryers-vs-paper-towels
“Burning Question: Air Blowers or Paper Towels?” Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324705104578151751460513268.html
“The paper towel –hand dryer wars are over” Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2012/12/14/the-paper-towel-hand-dryer-wars-are-over/
Zoos
“Are zoos good or bad for animals?” Animal Planet
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/zoos-good-or-bad.htm
“Are Zoos Bad News?” Current Events
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000278347
“Who Belongs In the Zoo?” Time for Kids
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000254441
Vegetarianism
“Health Rocks! A Vegetarian Diet is Good for the Planet” Skipping Stones
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000294109
“To Meat or Not To Meat” Current Events
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000291576
“Vegetarian Diet” Children’s Physician Network
http://www.cpnonline.org/CRS/CRS/pa_vegediet_pep.htm