At the end of this week, the 8th graders began thinking about the driving question to their next unit-Why do organisms look the way they do?  Every unit in science class begins with a carefully chosen phenomenon.  This phenomenon is used to drive student inquiry.   It gets students to make observations and develop ideas.  From this thinking student begin to ask questions.   It is these questions that gives students ownership of their learning and drive the learning journey forward.  Students continually add questions to the Driving Question Board as they have them and develop answers to the questions over the course of their study with the intention of answering the big driving question by the end.  Ask them what questions they have about genetics.  But, don’t give them the answers!  They will figure it out on their own :).