Inquiry Lesson Plan Template – Printable Question Boxes

All 9 sheets

One lesson 3

Guided inquiry lesson plan, six steps in a table The teacher writes the question on the Question line. Rows named Hook, Ask, Plan, Find out, Share and Reflect set what the teacher does beside what students do.
Inquiry lesson plan in six boxes Topic and Date lines, then six ruled boxes with a short prompt each: Hook, Questions students ask, The question we choose, How we will find out, What we found, and What we still wonder.
Inquiry lesson plan, ruled lines under each heading The same six headings down one page, with a Teacher line and more room under Questions students ask, How we will find out and What we found.

Questions and evidence 3

Evidence record for one question, 8 rows A Question line, then 8 rows with Source or test, What it shows, and How sure are we columns.
Half-page inquiry plans, four boxes each Two short plans with a cut line between them. Each has a Topic line and four boxes: Hook, Question, How we will find out and What we found.
Question sort, 12 student questions Twelve rows to write questions in, with a box to check for We can find out here and one for Too big for now.

Groups, or several days 2

Inquiry over five days, what students do each day A sideways page with Day 1 to Day 5 across and three rows: What students do, Sources or materials, and What I look for. Topic, Question and Dates lines above.
Inquiry plan for four groups, a question each Rows named Group 1 to Group 4 with Their question, How they will find out, and How they will share columns.

Filled-in sample 1

Sample: which birds visit our schoolyard, filled in Sample. The six boxes filled in for a made-up class that counts birds from the window for a week.

How it works

This inquiry lesson plan template opens on six ruled boxes: Hook, Questions students ask, The question we choose, How we will find out, What we found, and What we still wonder. Topic and Date lines sit above them.

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Plan three boxes, leave three

Press Print the lesson plan. Before class, write the hook and the questions you expect. With the students, fill in the question the class chooses and how you will find out. The last two boxes wait until the work is done.

An inquiry based lesson plan template for groups and longer work

One table gives four groups a question each. The five-day sheet sets what students do, the sources and what you look for under Day 1 to Day 5.

Question sort has 12 rows and two boxes to check: We can find out here, and Too big for now.
The evidence record lists each source or test, what it shows and how sure the class is.

Questions and answers

Is this an inquiry based learning lesson plan template?

Yes. It plans a lesson that starts from questions: students ask, the class picks one question, finds out, and says what it found. No published model or set of stages is named.

Is there a guided inquiry lesson plan template?

Yes. On the guided inquiry table the teacher writes the question on the Question line. Six rows, Hook to Reflect, set what the teacher does beside what students do.

What does the filled-in sample show?

A made-up class that asks which birds visit the schoolyard. Each box holds a question, a plan or a count the class would make, and no fact about birds is stated.

Does it work outside science?

Yes. No box names a subject. The same six headings fit a history question, a math pattern or a problem around the school.