Hands-on approach to learning encourages students to question more

Kenyon said the curriculum she helped develop at Northwestern University gives students a hands-on approach to learning. IQWST — Investigating and Questioning our World through Science and Technology — provides four units outlined as stories to create dialogue and prompt critical thinking in classrooms, she said.

The curriculum is for students grades six through eighth and covers physics, chemistry, geology and life science.

“The goal is to make the content more relateable,” Kenyon said. “We want students to get better at asking questions and tackling big concepts.”

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