Case 3 of 20 · Questioning & Curiosity

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How Do You Know?

🔎Case Brief #3

👫 You and your friend disagree about something.

🎯 Your mission

Solve the puzzle.

⚡ The twist

Assume the obvious answer is wrong — now what?

What You'll Learn

🧠 When someone tells you something, ask: 'How do you know?' This simple question separates reliable information from rumors, guesses, and made-up claims. Understanding questioning evidence and sources is one of the building blocks of strong thinking. Here's how to do it: 1. Look carefully at the problem. What do you see? 2. Think about what you already know. Does this remind you of something? 3. Try an answer! It's totally okay to be wrong — that's how we learn. 4. Check: did it work? If not, try something else! You're building your thinking muscles. The more you practice, the stronger they get!

Key Concept: Questioning evidence and sources

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Think About This

👫 You and your friend disagree about something. How can questioning evidence and sources help you figure out who's right — or if you're BOTH a little right?

Thinking Steps

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👀 What Do I See?

Look at the problem about questioning evidence and sources. What do you notice?

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🤔 What Do I Know?

What do you already know that could help? Have you seen something like this before?

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💡 What's My Idea?

Think of an answer. Can you think of a second one too?

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⭐ What Did I Learn?

Check your answer. Was it right? What did you figure out? Tell someone!

Key Points

Master questioning evidence and sources

Apply questioning & curiosity in real situations

Build habits of questioning & curiosity

Key Vocabulary

Wonder

Thinking 'how?' or 'why?'

Question

Something you ask to learn more

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Why This Matters in Real Life

Grown-ups use questioning curiosity every day in their jobs. The practice you're doing now builds skills that last a lifetime!

Talk About It

Discuss these questions with a friend, parent, or classmate.

1Can you explain questioning evidence and sources to a friend using your own words?
2What was the most interesting thing you learned today?
3Draw a picture of what you learned and show it to someone!

Solve the Case

Case 1

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What is the main idea of questioning evidence and sources?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Ask 5 'why' questions in a row about something you see.

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For the dinner table

“What's one question you wish you knew the answer to?”

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