Crayton Middle School Inquiry Projects
Fall 2003 - Spring 2004

Sci-Fi Hunt: Study of Fossils/SC Geology
Lead Teachers: Selina Latimore, Calvernetta Williams
Inquiry Question: How can students and teachers improve attainment of skills in comprehension and analysis of scientific literature and use these skills to interpret experimental data that supports scientific investigations and will this analysis help teachers improve strategies in preparing for the Science and Reading Comprehension sections of the PACT?

Gravity Rules! Or, How did Galileo know that stuff?
Lead Teachers: Ann Carbone, Ella Rotariu
Inquiry Question: How do Galileo's laws governing falling bodies affect everything from baseball to drop rides at the fair?

World Geography Inquiry Project
Lead Teachers: Elizabeth Friday, Beth Thrailkill, Suzann Robinson, Nancy Little
Inquiry Question: How can students and teachers improve student attainment of skills in learning economics and global studies, which will ultimately improve strategies in preparing for PACT Social Studies?

Resource Lab
Lead Teachers: Sandy Vassallo, Dave Dolin, Ann Carbone, Betty Friday, Su Hodgson, Tom Thorpe, Beth Thrailkill, John Rushman, Courtney Wolfe
This resource will be a valuable tool to help our students improve their performance on the reading portion of the PACT. The collection of The Reader's Handbook will be cataloged and kept in the professional collection for checkout by our teachers and may be used USC interns as well.