Summary
A short Work It Out Wombats! music video (~2 min). A sing-along about cause and effect -- how one thing makes another thing happen, a key idea for predicting and solving problems. Free on the official PBS KIDS YouTube channel.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
In this Work It Out Wombats! video, the wombats use computational thinking to work out an everyday problem. Use these questions to talk about “Cause and Effect Song.”
- What does "cause and effect" mean?
- Can you give an example of a cause and its effect?
- If you knock over the first domino, what is the effect?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: cause, effect, because, predict, happen.
Try it: Finish this sentence two ways: "Because it rained, ___."