Summary
A short Work It Out Wombats! music video (~2 min). A song that celebrates careful observation -- looking closely for details and clues that help you solve a problem. 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 “What Do You See? Song.”
- Why is looking closely helpful when solving a problem?
- What details do good observers notice?
- Look around the room -- what is one detail you had not noticed?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: observe, look, detail, clue, notice.
Try it: Look closely at one object for 30 seconds. Write two details you notice.