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
Where Does It Go?
Follow the water down the drain, the trash in the truck or the rain off the roof. Draw where you think it ends up.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Look and wonder
- Kids practice
- systems thinking, sequencing, asking questions
What kids do
“Things leave our homes every day. Where do they end up?”
- Pick one to follow:
- Draw its trip, stop by stop
- What I’m sure about:
- What I still wonder:
How to run it
- Let kids guess first, then look it up together or ask a grown-up who knows.
- Arrows between the stops help show the direction.
- It’s fine to leave a stop as a question mark.
Talk about it
- Was the trip longer or shorter than you thought?
- Who are the people who help along the way?
- Does anything ever come back?
Take it further
Follow a second thing and compare the two trips.
Pairs well with
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