Crafting an Effective Essential Question for Your Independent Project
For your independent project, you will develop an "Essential Question" (also known as a "Driving Question") that will guide your research and learning. Use the tool below to help you brainstorm and refine your question. Only your final essential question will be scored using the rubric provided by your teacher. Remember, an effective essential question is open-ended, thought-provoking, and requires investigation and critical thinking to answer.
Group 1
Follow the steps in the Essential Question Tool to brainstorm and refine your essential question. When you are ready, write your final essential question below. This is the only part that will be scored on the rubric.
Source 1.1
Essential Question Tool:
- Start with a broad topic you are interested in.
- Ask yourself: What do I want to know about this topic?
- Try to frame your curiosity as a question that:
- Cannot be answered with a simple yes or no
- Encourages deeper thinking and exploration
- Connects to real-world issues or problems
- Is clear and focused
- Revise your question to make it more open-ended and engaging.
- Test your question: Will answering it require research, analysis, and creativity?
/ Teacher-provided tool for developing essential questions.
Question 1a
Write your final Essential (Driving) Question for your independent project.
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