Survey Says / Lost and Found Patrol
From Work It Out Wombats! · 2023
Summary
A full two-segment Work It Out Wombats! episode (~26 min). In "Survey Says" the wombats ask everyone a question and organize the answers to make a decision -- a real look at collecting and sorting data. The second story sends them on a lost-and-found patrol that calls for careful, step-by-step searching. 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 “Survey Says / Lost and Found Patrol.”
- What question do the wombats ask in their survey?
- How do they keep track of everyone's answers?
- What question could you survey your class about?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: survey, question, data, sort, decide.
Try it: Ask three people to pick their favorite of two things. Tally the answers and tell which won.