🌱 Ages 9–14 · Grades 4–8 · Civic Action Research (YPAR)
CauseQuest
Action research means you don’t just read about a problem — you take a real, doable step. Pick something you can actually see and change at your school or neighborhood: frame it fairly, check your facts, figure out who it affects and who decides, plan a real first step, and report honestly. It’s non-partisan by design — you’re graded on your method, never your opinion.
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Practice the concepts 16 kits trace the whole arc: what action research IS → framing a fair issue → an answerable question → checking a source → evidence → who is affected → the real cause → a plan with a real first step → feasibility → hearing the other side → being fair → sharing it → reporting the result. Teach the cast Help Kwesi learn to name a FAIR issue — a fixable thing, not a person to blame. When you teach it, you understand it best. Your progress See how far you have come across the action-research kits. Everything stays on this device.
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Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
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Kwesi the issue-framer — names a fixable mechanism to fix, never a person to blame -
Bijan the evidence-checker — spots the spin and checks who is behind a source -
Wrenna the stakeholder-mapper — asks who is affected AND who can decide -
Tavi the feasibility-checker — turns a big wish into a real first step -
Miko the fair listener — hears the other side and makes the plan better -
Ansel the honest reporter — shares what happened, including what did not work
Concept kits — 16 kits across the action-research arc
Kit 1: What is action research? 25 questions Kit 2: Framing a fair issue (mechanism, not villain) 25 questions Kit 3: A question you can actually answer 25 questions Kit 4: Spotting spin + checking a source 25 questions Kit 5: Evidence: facts vs. feelings 25 questions Kit 6: Is it fair? (bias + both sides) 25 questions Kit 7: Who is affected? Who decides? 25 questions Kit 8: Finding the real cause 25 questions Kit 9: A plan with a real first step 25 questions Kit 10: By when, with what? (feasibility) 25 questions Kit 11: What could go wrong? 25 questions Kit 12: Hearing the other side 25 questions Kit 13: Being fair + doing no harm 25 questions Kit 14: Being honest about AI help 25 questions Kit 15: Sharing your plan (out loud) 25 questions Kit 16: Reporting the result (capstone) 25 questions