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
What’s Inside?
Draw the outside of something, then imagine the inside. Robots, backpacks, eggs and volcanoes welcome.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Look and wonder
- Kids practice
- making guesses, cutaway diagrams, labeling
What kids do
“Things look different on the inside. What do you think is in there?”
- My thing:
- The outside
- The inside (label the parts)
- How could I check if I’m right?
How to run it
- Show a cutaway picture (a house, a fruit, a ship) first.
- Real things work best when you can check: an apple, a pepper, a seed pod.
- Imaginary things are fun too: the inside of a robot or a monster.
Talk about it
- What surprised you about the real inside?
- Why do scientists draw cutaways?
- What would you love to see inside?
Take it further
Cut open a fruit and draw what is really inside next to your guess.
Pairs well with
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