Explore Inquessa
Follow your curiosity, investigate big questions, or look something up. Inquessa gives young learners different ways to explore and understand the world around them.
Inquessa Cove
Explore something that interests you.
Discover nonfiction about science, history, geography, global issues, and more, with articles available at different reading levels.
Explore the Cove
Inquessa Quests
Investigate a bigger question.
Follow connected ideas and information through inquiry pathways designed to help students explore a topic more deeply.
Explore Quests
Inquessapedia
Need to look something up?
Find clear, student-friendly explanations of topics and concepts while learning, researching, or following your curiosity.
Explore InquessapediaBig Questions Lead Somewhere
Curiosity often starts with one question. Finding an answer can lead to another question, a surprising connection, or something new to investigate.
Inquessa helps students go beyond simply finding facts. Articles, Quests, and reference tools encourage learners to build knowledge, make connections, consider different perspectives, and keep asking questions.
Because understanding the world isn't just about knowing the "what." It's about wondering how, why, and what else.
Different Readers. Shared Ideas.
Students don't all read in the same way or at the same level. Inquessa makes it possible for learners to explore the same topics while reading with the level of language, detail, and support that fits them best.
Explorer
Discoverer
Investigator
Analyst
Bring Inquessa Into the Classroom
Inquessa helps teachers bring differentiated nonfiction and inquiry-based learning into upper elementary and middle school classrooms.
Different Readers
Support students with four reading levels.
Bigger Questions
Build inquiry around connected ideas and topics.
Flexible Teaching
Use Inquessa for whole-class, small-group, research, or independent exploration.
Jana Poukka
Educator and Creator of Inquessa
The Inquessa Story
Created for Curious Learners
Inquessa was created by educator Jana Poukka after more than 20 years working with students in international classrooms.
She saw the same challenge again and again: curious students had big questions, but finding age-appropriate information that went beyond simple facts wasn't always easy.
Inquessa grew from the idea that students deserve access to meaningful ideas, opportunities to ask deeper questions, and resources that support them as readers.
Bring Inquessa to Your School
Give students more ways to investigate, build knowledge, and explore the same big ideas at a level that works for them.
