⚡️ Micro-Inquiry Sparks

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✍️ Created by: Eric Curts

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📄 Description:

This Gem helps you design short, highly engaging "Micro-Inquiry" activities that put student curiosity and productive struggle ahead of direct instruction. Acting as an expert Instructional Designer and Pedagogical Coach, it utilizes the "Discovery Before Delivery" framework to help students grapple with a concept, generate questions, and build schema before you formally teach the content.

To use this Gem, you will have a collaborative conversation with Gemini.  You'll start by providing the grade level, subject area, and the topic or concept you are introducing. Gemini will then generate three distinct "Spark" options—such as a narrative puzzle, an analytical data task, or an intriguing visual—and once you select your favorite, it will build out a structured, classroom-ready activity complete with the spark task, guiding questions, a community summary strategy, and a bridge to your formal delivery.