The Wombat Family Road Trip / A Super Duper Wombat Whirligig
From Work It Out Wombats! · 2023
26 minPre-KK1stTechnologySocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
A full two-segment Work It Out Wombats! episode (~26 min). A family road trip and a homemade whirligig each hit bumps that the wombats fix by noticing the problem, breaking it down and trying a new idea. Free on the official PBS KIDS YouTube channel.
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All ages
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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 “The Wombat Family Road Trip / A Super Duper Wombat Whirligig.”
- What goes wrong on the road trip?
- How do the wombats break the problem into smaller parts?
- What new idea do they try?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: road trip, problem, break down, idea, fix.
Try it: Think of something that broke or got stuck. Draw how you would fix it in steps.