ASK AND ANSWER

OBJECTIVE: ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT _________________________.

Time: one or more periods

Materials: a textbook or library book, paper, pen or pencil

Procedure:

1. Assign students a certain number of pages in the book.

2. Ask them to work together with a partner to ask questions that can be answered by reading the pages.

3. Students should then answer the question they asked.

4. Give students a list of types of questions that scientists ask:
a. Measurement: How can we measure _______?
b. Observation: How can observe _________?
c. Parts: How can we break ________ down into parts?
d. Comparison/Contrast: How is ________ the same as or different from _________?
e. Classification: How can we classify _________?
f. Origin: Where does _____ come from?
g. Cause and Effect: What causes _______? How does _____ affect _____?
h. Change: How and why does __________ change?
i. Patterns: What patterns can be found in __________?

5. Give permission to students to ask other questions that interest them—even though they are “Lower Level” questions starting with Who, What, When, Where, How many, How much, Which.

6. Have students challenge others to answer the questions that they have created.

7. Have students use drawings or photographs to illustrate some of their questions and answers.

NYS Standards for Lesson # 8

Standard 4: The Physical Setting: 1.1a-1.1j.