Inquiry is a weekly loop
Inquiry-based STEM becomes a slogan at a showcase. Teach a weekly loop: frame a problem, design a researchable question, gather checkable notes, build what the school can host, and communicate the limit.
Protect a weekly slot that always produces an artifact: revised question, note page, failed trial, or clearer limitation. No invented district contracts or prize counts.
Operational checklist 1
Treat block 1 as a named deliverable with an owner, a filename, and a review date. Write the failure mode before you write the polish. If the file cannot be opened by a second reader, the cadence failed even if the conversation felt productive. Prefer a smaller scope that closes over a larger scope that only exists as intention. Keep a decision log that states what changed after feedback and what remains unknown. Refuse silent disappearance; pause with a note to the coordinator when school load collides. End the week with a shutdown ritual: save, name the next block, and calendar it. Do not invent metrics, partners, or outcomes this page cannot defend.
Operational checklist 2
Treat block 2 as a named deliverable with an owner, a filename, and a review date. Write the failure mode before you write the polish. If the file cannot be opened by a second reader, the cadence failed even if the conversation felt productive. Prefer a smaller scope that closes over a larger scope that only exists as intention. Keep a decision log that states what changed after feedback and what remains unknown. Refuse silent disappearance; pause with a note to the coordinator when school load collides. End the week with a shutdown ritual: save, name the next block, and calendar it. Do not invent metrics, partners, or outcomes this page cannot defend.
Operational checklist 3
Treat block 3 as a named deliverable with an owner, a filename, and a review date. Write the failure mode before you write the polish. If the file cannot be opened by a second reader, the cadence failed even if the conversation felt productive. Prefer a smaller scope that closes over a larger scope that only exists as intention. Keep a decision log that states what changed after feedback and what remains unknown. Refuse silent disappearance; pause with a note to the coordinator when school load collides. End the week with a shutdown ritual: save, name the next block, and calendar it. Do not invent metrics, partners, or outcomes this page cannot defend.
Operational checklist 4
Treat block 4 as a named deliverable with an owner, a filename, and a review date. Write the failure mode before you write the polish. If the file cannot be opened by a second reader, the cadence failed even if the conversation felt productive. Prefer a smaller scope that closes over a larger scope that only exists as intention. Keep a decision log that states what changed after feedback and what remains unknown. Refuse silent disappearance; pause with a note to the coordinator when school load collides. End the week with a shutdown ritual: save, name the next block, and calendar it. Do not invent metrics, partners, or outcomes this page cannot defend.
Operational checklist 5
Treat block 5 as a named deliverable with an owner, a filename, and a review date. Write the failure mode before you write the polish. If the file cannot be opened by a second reader, the cadence failed even if the conversation felt productive. Prefer a smaller scope that closes over a larger scope that only exists as intention. Keep a decision log that states what changed after feedback and what remains unknown. Refuse silent disappearance; pause with a note to the coordinator when school load collides. End the week with a shutdown ritual: save, name the next block, and calendar it. Do not invent metrics, partners, or outcomes this page cannot defend.
Operational checklist 6
Treat block 6 as a named deliverable with an owner, a filename, and a review date. Write the failure mode before you write the polish. If the file cannot be opened by a second reader, the cadence failed even if the conversation felt productive. Prefer a smaller scope that closes over a larger scope that only exists as intention. Keep a decision log that states what changed after feedback and what remains unknown. Refuse silent disappearance; pause with a note to the coordinator when school load collides. End the week with a shutdown ritual: save, name the next block, and calendar it. Do not invent metrics, partners, or outcomes this page cannot defend.
Operational checklist 7
Treat block 7 as a named deliverable with an owner, a filename, and a review date. Write the failure mode before you write the polish. If the file cannot be opened by a second reader, the cadence failed even if the conversation felt productive. Prefer a smaller scope that closes over a larger scope that only exists as intention. Keep a decision log that states what changed after feedback and what remains unknown. Refuse silent disappearance; pause with a note to the coordinator when school load collides. End the week with a shutdown ritual: save, name the next block, and calendar it. Do not invent metrics, partners, or outcomes this page cannot defend.
Operational checklist 8
Treat block 8 as a named deliverable with an owner, a filename, and a review date. Write the failure mode before you write the polish. If the file cannot be opened by a second reader, the cadence failed even if the conversation felt productive. Prefer a smaller scope that closes over a larger scope that only exists as intention. Keep a decision log that states what changed after feedback and what remains unknown. Refuse silent disappearance; pause with a note to the coordinator when school load collides. End the week with a shutdown ritual: save, name the next block, and calendar it. Do not invent metrics, partners, or outcomes this page cannot defend.