Snout and About / Zadie's Shell Shuffle
From Work It Out Wombats! · 2023
26 minPre-KK1stTechnologySocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
A full two-segment Work It Out Wombats! episode (~26 min). In two Treeborhood stories, the wombats meet everyday problems and work them out by noticing what's wrong, breaking the job into steps and testing their ideas until things click. Free on the official PBS KIDS YouTube channel.
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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 “Snout and About / Zadie's Shell Shuffle.”
- What problem do the wombats face in each story?
- How do they break the job into smaller steps?
- What is a big job you could split into smaller steps?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: problem, step, plan, test, solve.
Try it: Pick a chore you do. Break it into three steps and write them in order.