Research Basis, Lesson Plans
and More

1 — Brochure

Planning a presentation? Or sharing The Private Eye with colleagues or friends?  Want to enlist SUPPORT in your school district for a Private Eye staff development workshop?
 
Print the five page PDF version of our brochure to share with your colleagues.

2 — Research Basis

This document shows the underpinnings of The Private Eye's research based instructional strategy.  Read the many correlations to what Marzano, Bransford and other leading education theorists say is how students learn.

3 — Using The Private Eye to teach the "Big Ideas" in Science. Meeting the Science TEKS and Language Arts TEKS simultaneously with The Private Eye

The "Big Ideas" is where is all starts! This two page handout provides an introduction to how The Private Eye fulfills a wide rangs of the National Science Education Standards. State Standards flow from the National Standards; we have included one excerpt here: The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and The Private Eye correlations.

4 — The Year-Round Private Eye

Suggestions for setting up a year-round Private Eye classroom, with sample subject areas and project; along with a planning worksheet.

5 — Quick View:  What to Emphasize Throughout Year with the Students

Handy phrases and concepts to be familiar with to make The Private Eye successful in your classroom, regardless of grade level or subject.

6 — Invent-a-Unit Template

Use this template to create your own lesson or unit spinning off The Private Eye process.  You can submit lesson ideas for publication in forthcoming volumes of The Private Eye Companion.

7 — Professional Development: Workshop & Materials Portrait

This document provides an overview of our Profession Development Workshops.

WORKSHOP SLIDES
8 — Overhead Slide: Tools & Process of The Private Eye

Use this overhead to demonstrate the steps of the
Loupe-Analogy-Loop.

9 — Overhead Slide: What Can You Do With Your Loupe List?

Use this overhead to show your students some choices for what they can do next with their Loupe Lists.

10 — Overhead Slide: The Private Eye Writing Wheel

Choose your favorite lines from your Loupe List and a section from The Private Eye Writing Wheel to come up with your next writing project.

11 — Submit Student Work to The Private Eye Website! Parental Permission Form