✅ Investigation Gate Conference

Each team meets briefly with the teacher to read aloud its marsh question and hypothesis card, explain its evidence, and show revised journal pages. The teacher uses a simple picture rubric to check whether the question is focused, the hypothesis is testable, and the team can explain how caring actions may affect plant or animal needs. Students add a short journal reflection with a drawing, label, or voice note about how their thinking changed and how their team worked together.