Step 3: Ask Tons of Questions

Step 3: Ask Tons of Questions

As your students begin to watch the videos and explore other resources it is only natural that questions will begin to develop. This is where the learning begins to take shape and where we can have something to mold into an amazing solution.

This is also where student voice and agency come into play as well. We have created the creative constraints by developing the driving question, but this is done to narrow down the thinking and curiosity. This is the stage where students begin to share their ideas to pave new pathways of learning.

Allow wonder to thrive in your classroom.

Classroom Activities

1. Give them a wonder block of time to simply seek out more about the questions they have based on what they developed awareness on. Don't stifle them at this point. Allow the wonder to take hold. Even if it feels a bit off the beaten path let them go. You never know where a path might lead.

Remember, if we want to build self-directed, responsible human beings we have to give them the space to develop those skills.

2. Create a massive classroom list of questions. Use Post-It Notes and hang them on the wall. Have the students begin to sort them into categories. Use a Google Document and list them all. Use markers and chart paper. You decided how to capture the questions, but the key is to capture them!

Lesson Plans and Slides