Case 6 of 20 · Questioning & Curiosity

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The Question Game

🔎Case Brief #6

📖 You're reading a story and the character needs to use competitive questioning.

🎯 Your mission

Pick a side and defend it.

⚡ The twist

Assume the obvious answer is wrong — now what?

What You'll Learn

🧠 Challenge: Can you answer a question ONLY with another question? This game trains you to think in questions instead of answers — which is harder than it sounds! Understanding competitive questioning is one of the building blocks of strong thinking. Let's break it down step by step. Here's how to do it: 1. Look carefully at the problem. What do you see? 2. Think about what you already know. Does this remind you of something? 3. Try an answer! It's totally okay to be wrong — that's how we learn. 4. Check: did it work? If not, try something else! You're building your thinking muscles. The more you practice, the stronger they get!

Key Concept: Competitive questioning

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Think About This

📖 You're reading a story and the character needs to use competitive questioning. What advice would you give them?

Thinking Steps

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👀 What Do I See?

Look at the problem about competitive questioning. What do you notice?

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🤔 What Do I Know?

What do you already know that could help? Have you seen something like this before?

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💡 What's My Idea?

Think of an answer. Can you think of a second one too?

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⭐ What Did I Learn?

Check your answer. Was it right? What did you figure out? Tell someone!

Key Points

Master competitive questioning

Apply questioning & curiosity in real situations

Build habits of questioning & curiosity

Key Vocabulary

Curious

Wanting to find out about things

Wonder

Thinking 'how?' or 'why?'

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Why This Matters in Real Life

Grown-ups use questioning curiosity every day in their jobs. The practice you're doing now builds skills that last a lifetime!

Talk About It

Discuss these questions with a friend, parent, or classmate.

1Can you explain competitive questioning to a friend using your own words?
2What was the most interesting thing you learned today?
3Draw a picture of what you learned and show it to someone!

Solve the Case

Case 1

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What is the main idea of competitive questioning?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Write down one question you can't answer yet.

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For the dinner table

“What's one question you wish you knew the answer to?”

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