Framing Content: Why Driving Questions?

      It is important for urban teachers, children, and their families to gain knowledge, skills, and practices to make environmental and dietary choices that will lead to nutritional well-being, healthy cities, and empowered families.  This kind of science education requires thoughtful and relevant investigations.  Driving questions provide a framework for investigation, along with the motivation for being scientists.  In other words, they drive the modules and units by directly connecting the scientific and nutritional ideas to be explored with what kids find important.