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This study aims to analyze how an elementary school teacher supported the collaborative inquiry practices within her classroom. The Artifact Project was designed to support students’ developing an understanding of Finnish culture and the role and diversity of artifacts, and it was divided into three phases – ‘The Past, the Present, and the Future of Artifacts.’ The researchers and the teacher designed the overall frame of learning by setting up the basic infrastructure. However, the teacher was responsible for the implementation of the projects and its specific activities.