Rocket PBL Student Research Packet for Gifted & Talented - IIM Process

Made with the gifted students in mind! This Project Based Learning (PBL) packet uses STEM-based learning to captivate students with a problem-statement for students to develop an original solution to solve. It also follows along with the IIM (Independent Investigation Method/Model) research methodology. This is perfect for younger gifted students who have never done IIM before and need a more structured way to complete the process, or perfect for older gifted students in the general education setting that need an independent investigation to complete as an alternative assignment or early-finisher work.

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Topic - Develops the problem statement

Goal-setting - Students create their own questions & predictions to the problem

Research - Organization boxes for research from each source

Organization - A guide for color-coordinating the research into categories

Goal-evaluation - Evaluate if all original questions were answered & if predictions were correct

Additional Research - Additional research page to fill in gaps/misconceptions

Product creation - A sketch-page for students to draw out their final solution based on their research

Speech creation - A outlined fill-in-the-blank speech for the presentation of their product