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some Australian units http://educate.intel.com/au/ProjectDesign/

really good American units http://educate.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/GradeIndex/

Great Link for Unit Plans http://www.intel.com/cd/corporate/education/apac/eng/au/241264.htm what is particualrly good to look at is a. their assessment - organised as prior to unit, during unit and end of unit - focuses assessment on formative as well as summative. b. unit checklist - provides a simple means for students to see what they have completed - and what is still to complete.

 =Websites=

Websites on Essential Questions
Using the Internet to Promote Inquiry-Based Learning [|> http://www.biopoint.com/inquiry/ibr.html]

Creating Essential Questions > http://www.galileo.org/tips/essential_questions.html

Essential Questions > http://mathstar.nmsu.edu/exploration1/unit/content_questions.html

The question is the answer. Creating Research Programs for An Age of Information > http://questioning.org/Q6/question.html

[Digital] Literacy Backward Design Process > http://digitalliteracy.mwg.org/curriculum/process.html

Concept to Classroom: A workshop-Inquiry Based Learning > http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html