Inquiry-Based Lesson
A lesson built around a driving question students investigate and answer themselves.
What Inquiry-Based Lesson does
Frame a lesson around a single compelling question — “Why does an iron ship float while a nail sinks?” — that students investigate and resolve for themselves. You get the hook that poses the question, the investigation students run, the evidence they gather, and the discussion that lands the answer, with you guiding rather than lecturing. Reach for it when a topic is more memorable as a mystery to be cracked than a fact to be told.
Every input, explained
This reference is generated from the live tool definition, field by field.
Pick the education board (CBSE, CIE, state boards…). Every dropdown after this cascades from it, and the generated output follows that board’s syllabus wording. Required.
The class the material is for — sets age-appropriate depth and vocabulary. Required.
Subject list is scoped to the board and class you picked above. Required.
Optionally narrow the output to one chapter or topic from the canonical syllabus. Leave empty to let the AI stay at subject level. Optional.
e.g. e.g. Why do some objects float and others sink? Required.
Default: 40. Optional.
Choices: Concise — quick and tight · Standard · Detailed — extra depth & examples. Default: Standard. Optional.
Choices: Yes — AI adds diagrams & images where helpful · No — text only. Default: Yes. Optional.
Additional customization (optional)
e.g. Anything else the AI should keep in mind — tone, format, constraints, examples… Optional.
How to use it
Open Edukali AI Toolkit → All Tools, find Inquiry-Based Lesson under Planning and click the card.
Fill in Board, Grade / Class, Subject, Topic (the remaining fields are optional).
Choose an Output depth and, if you like, a specific AI model, then click Generate.
Not sure what to type? Click **Show example** in the form header — it fills every field with a real worked example (CBSE · Class 9 · Science) and shows a pre-generated result without spending any AI credits. Undo restores your draft.
The runner also gives you a ✨ prompt assistant and voice input on text fields, file upload to pull in your own notes, and — where your board publishes one — an official-format proof panel.
Your document & what to do with it
The result renders as a clean A4 document you can read on screen. From the output header you can Copy it, **Export** it as a branded PDF, Word, HTML or Markdown file, or send it into an LMS course as a page activity with **Add to Course**. One click on **Save to My Resources** keeps the result in your library for later.
Phrase the Topic as a genuine question with a surprising answer, not a heading — “Why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?” produces a far stronger investigation than “sound and light”.