At the beginning of an inquiry-based multidisciplinary unit on birds of the region, a
first-grade teacher creates a display in the classroom of a variety of objects related
to the topic (e.g., bird nests, feathers, an audio recording of birdsong, photographs
and drawings of birds) and gives students a brief "tour" of the new objects. Which
of the following strategies for incorporating the objects into instruction would be
most effective for promoting the research skills of students at this developmental
level?
A. guiding students to select objects from the collection for an individual project
B. having students locate library resources related to one of the objects
C. guiding students to create labels with the name of each object for the
classroom display
D. having students describe, draw, and sort selected objects from the collection