Look and wonder
Notice, Think, Wonder
Study a strange little alien, then sort your ideas into what you notice, what you think and what you wonder.
Thinking sheet · Look and wonder
Question Storm
Write as many questions as you can about one elephant, then pick the best one to explore.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Look and wonder
- Kids practice
- asking questions, curiosity, planning research
What kids do
“No answers allowed! Only questions. How many can you ask?”
- Ask about this
- My questions
- More questions
- Star your best question. Why is it best?
- How could I find out the answer?
How to run it
- Give kids question starters: Why… How… What if… Where…
- Silly questions are welcome; they often lead somewhere.
- Sort the class’s starred questions: which can we look up, test or only imagine?
Talk about it
- What makes a question interesting?
- Which questions can’t be answered? Are they still useful?
- Where could we find answers?
Take it further
Look up the answer to your starred question and draw what you learned.
Pairs well with
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