How Do You Know?

What You'll Learn

🔭 Let's Think & Play! Wiggle your thinking fingers! 🖐️✨ Today's adventure: questioning evidence and sources! Here's what we'll do: 🖐️ LOOK at the fun activity below 🤔 THINK about what you see 🗣️ TALK about your ideas with someone ✏️ TRY the challenge — there are no wrong answers! Remember: Thinking is like a muscle. Every time you try, your brain gets STRONGER! 💪 Let's go! ⬇️

Key Concept: Questioning evidence and sources

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Think About This

🌻 Find a flower (or a picture of one). Ask 5 questions about it! (Why this color? How tall? Does it smell? Do bees like it? Can you eat it?)

Thinking Steps

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🔍 Search!

Read the question carefully. What is it asking you?

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💡 Ideas!

Think of TWO possible answers. Don't pick yet!

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🎯 Choose!

Now pick the best one. Why did you pick it?

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🪞 Reflect!

Were you right? That's great! Were you wrong? That's great too — you learned!

Key Points

Master questioning evidence and sources

Apply questioning & curiosity in real situations

Build habits of questioning & curiosity

Key Vocabulary

Question

Something you ask when you want to know more

Curious

Wanting to learn about something

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Why This Matters in Real Life

Every time you ask 'Why?' you're being a scientist! Keep asking — it's how you learn about the whole world! 🔭

Talk About It

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

1Can you teach a stuffed animal about questioning evidence and sources? They're a great audience! 🧸
2What was tricky? What was easy? Show with your thumbs — up 👍 or down 👎!
3Draw your favorite thing from today's lesson and put it on the fridge! 🎨

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Why are leaves green?