Inquiry Learning is a method where students learn by asking questions, investigating problems, and finding answers through exploration. It encourages curiosity, creativity, and deeper understanding instead of only memorizing facts. By experimenting, researching, and reflecting, students take an active role in their education. Activities like projects, debates, and group discussions help them connect lessons to real life. This approach builds confidence, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. By practicing inquiry itself as a subject, learners discover how learning happens and why questions are powerful. In this way, Inquiry Learning becomes not only a strategy but a skill for lifelong discovery.
🟢 Starter
- Write three questions you have about your favorite subject.
- Draw a picture that shows someone asking a question.
- Write a sentence that begins with “I wonder why…”
- List three things you are curious about in your community.
- Ask a partner one question about their hobby.
- Write down a mystery you would like to solve.
- Observe something in nature and describe what you see.
- Write a “what if” question about the future.
- Share one question you would ask a scientist.
- Make a list of questions about your school.
- Write a diary entry starting with “Today I discovered…”
- Create a poster that encourages curiosity.
- Write three sentences about why asking questions is important.
- Share a question about history with your class.
- Write a question you cannot answer yet.
- Observe a classroom object and write two questions about it.
- Write one way questions help people learn.
- Create a symbol that represents discovery.
- Share one big question you think about often.
- Write three sentences about how you learn best.
🟡 Practice
- Choose a topic and create five open-ended questions.
- Write a paragraph about how to investigate a problem.
- Research a question about animals and share the answer.
- Create a chart of “questions” vs “answers” on a topic.
- Interview a classmate with five prepared questions.
- Write a short report on how scientists ask questions.
- Compare closed questions and open-ended questions.
- Create a story that begins with a question.
- Write about how you solved a small problem.
- Make a list of five research tools you can use.
- Observe the weather for three days and ask questions.
- Write a paragraph about curiosity in learning.
- Design a mini-project to answer a question.
- Write questions for a debate topic.
- Create a poster showing the steps of inquiry learning.
- Write a diary entry about discovering something new.
- Research one invention and the questions that led to it.
- Compare two ways of learning: listening vs exploring.
- Write three questions about space and find one answer.
- Make a quiz with five “why” questions.
🔴 Challenge
- Write an essay about why inquiry is important in education.
- Design a project based on a big question you have.
- Research how scientists use inquiry in their work.
- Create a presentation about the steps of inquiry learning.
- Debate whether questions are more important than answers.
- Write a persuasive speech about curiosity in schools.
- Compare inquiry learning and traditional learning.
- Write a diary entry as a famous inventor asking questions.
- Create a campaign encouraging students to ask more questions.
- Research how inquiry learning is used in different countries.
- Write a reflection about a time inquiry helped you learn.
- Create a project that begins with a mystery to solve.
- Write about how inquiry improves critical thinking.
- Research how children learn through play and questions.
- Write a plan for a classroom inquiry project.
- Debate whether teachers should give answers quickly or let students discover.
- Write an editorial about the value of questioning.
- Create a story where a character learns only through inquiry.
- Propose three changes to make schools more inquiry-based.
- Write a podcast script about the power of asking questions.