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10 Concept-Based Inquiry Provocations You Can Set Up Tomorrow
Hello again, fellow inquiry teachers!
A great provocation in the IB PYP does so much heavy lifting. It's the spark that gets your students noticing, wondering and connecting before you've said a single word about your unit. And the best part? Most of them take less time to set up than it takes to mark a stack of exit slips.
Mastering the Art of the Provocation
The art of the provocation: knowing how to engage, invite and provoke curiosity, pre-assess current knowledge and understanding, and find pathways to inquiry using the children's responses to the provocation experience. This is what supports co-planning the inquiry, and it is the start of student-led inquiry.
I've pulled together eleven of my go to provocations. For each one you'll find the key points, guiding conceptual questions built around the IB PYP specified concepts, and a sample of how it might look in a Grade 1 and a Grade 4 classroom. Pick the ones that fit your current unit, or bookmark this list for the next ti...
