Special Delivery / Campout Confusion
From Work It Out Wombats! · 2023
26 minPre-KK1stTechnologySocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
A full two-segment Work It Out Wombats! episode (~26 min). A tricky delivery and a mixed-up campout each send the wombats into problem-solving mode -- making a plan, trying it out and adjusting when something doesn't go as expected. 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 “Special Delivery / Campout Confusion.”
- What goes wrong with the delivery and the campout?
- What do the wombats change to make their plan work?
- Tell about a time your plan had to change.
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: deliver, campout, plan, adjust, solve.
Try it: Draw a plan that did not work at first, then draw how you fixed it.