Primary pupils presented investigations they chose themselves.
The rule was simple: the question had to be one the child actually wanted answered. What came back was a solar oven, a study of which local seeds germinate fastest, and a genuinely rigorous argument about whether the school corridor is louder at break or at home time.
Teachers and parents judged, but the questions the children asked each other were the harder ones.
What we took from it
A child who picks their own question does not need persuading to finish. Nobody had to be reminded to work on their project.
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