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The Power of Questioning (Super Grover 2.0)

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The Power of Questioning (Super Grover 2.0)
1 minK1st2ndScience
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Summary

A half-minute definition of one science habit — asking a good question — with Super Grover as the (bad) example. Useful right before an investigation.

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Discussion

This clip names one thing scientists do: asking a good question.

  1. What does it mean to do that?
  2. When did Super Grover forget to do it?
  3. When could you use this today?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: scientist, observe, question, investigate.

Try it: Practise it for one minute on something in the room, then tell a partner what you noticed.

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