STEM Investigate · VOICE
Venture → Observe → Infer → Create → Evaluate. From wero to defended claim, revision, and share.
Investigate pathway →How it works
From first wero to last tohu — one arc, many voices.
THE VOICE FRAMEWORK
How VOICE works
VOICE is the investigation framework for the Kōkiri Lab STEM Academy: scientific inquiry from wero to share. Pair it with FORGE when your evidence points toward a build.
VENTURE
– Challenge
Start with curiosity.
OBSERVE
– Explore
Gather real evidence over time.
INFER
– Make Sense
Make meaning from what you found.
CREATE
– Design
Design a response to your evidence.
EVALUATE
– Explain & Share
Refine and communicate your thinking.
VOICE and FORGE: when to use each
STEM MakerSpace · FORGE
Prototype, fabricate, and iterate: 3D print, laser cut, robotics, sensors, and data products linked to your evidence.
Make & test pathway →Inquiry worlds pair both: scientific investigation and makerspace builds on the same STEM topic. Browse inquiry worlds
Eight-step student journey
- Choose a real question about a system you can observe.
- Venture In — name what you already know and what surprises you.
- Observe — add measurements over time with honest notes.
- Infer — write a claim, link evidence, set confidence.
- Create — explain mechanisms and design a response.
- Evaluate — revise in public and reflect on consequences.
- Share your portfolio — your tohu carries across the inquiry.
- Optional pathways — makerspace and fabrication from findings.
AI Design Partner
After your claim is grounded, the Design Partner helps you translate inquiry into a brief for something you could make. It asks clarifying questions — it does not replace your design decisions. Feedback events are logged so we can study uptake and usefulness, not for automated grading.
What teachers see
Teachers get an orchestration view: who is blocked, where VOICE phases sit, and qualitative signals from saved artefacts. The goal is to support a conversation, not to sort students using opaque totals.