Case 9 of 20 · Questioning & Curiosity

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🔎Case Brief #9

📖 You're reading a story and the character needs to use questioning skills in action.

🎯 Your mission

Decide what to do.

⚡ The twist

Assume the obvious answer is wrong — now what?

What You'll Learn

🧠 Pretend you're interviewing a scientist, chef, or astronaut. What questions would you ask? The quality of your questions determines the quality of answers you get. 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 skills in action

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Think About This

📖 You're reading a story and the character needs to use questioning skills in action. What advice would you give them?

Thinking Steps

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👀 What Do I See?

Look at the problem about questioning skills in action. 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 skills in action

Apply questioning & curiosity in real situations

Build habits of questioning & curiosity

Key Vocabulary

Question

Something you ask to learn more

Curious

Wanting to find out about things

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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 skills in action 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

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What is the main idea of questioning skills in action?

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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