Case 18 of 20 · Questioning & Curiosity

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Questioning in Science

🔎Case Brief #18

🏠 You're helping at home and you use how scientists use questions to solve a problem.

🎯 Your mission

Find the truth.

⚡ The twist

Assume the obvious answer is wrong — now what?

What You'll Learn

🧠 Every experiment starts with a question. 'Does temperature affect how fast plants grow?' The question determines what you study, how you study it, and what you discover. 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: How scientists use questions

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Think About This

🏠 You're helping at home and you use how scientists use questions to solve a problem. What happened? How did you figure it out?

Thinking Steps

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👀 What Do I See?

Look at the problem about how scientists use questions. 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 how scientists use questions

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 how scientists use questions 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 how scientists use questions?

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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