Asking Great Questions About Our World

Asking Great Questions About Our World

Year 3 HASS Developing Investigation Skills Exploring People, Events, Places and Issues

What Makes a Great Question?

Great questions help us learn new things They start with question words like Who, What, When, Where, Why, How They make us think deeply about topics They can be answered through investigation

Question Word Detective

Match the question word to what it helps us find out: WHO - tells us about people WHAT - tells us about things or events WHEN - tells us about time WHERE - tells us about places WHY - tells us about reasons HOW - tells us about the way things happen

People and Places Around Us

{"left":"Questions about PEOPLE\nWho are the Traditional Owners of our land?\nWho helps keep our community safe?\nWho makes decisions in our school?","right":"Questions about PLACES\nWhere do different families in our class come from?\nWhere is our closest hospital located?\nWhere do we get our drinking water?"}

Investigating Events and Issues

Events are things that happen Issues are problems we want to solve Good questions help us understand both Example: Why did this event happen? Example: How can we solve this problem?

Practice Time: Create Your Questions

Think of something in your community you want to learn about Use a question word to start your question Share your question with a partner Discuss how you might find the answer

Investigation Question Examples

Becoming Question Experts

Great questions lead to amazing discoveries Practice asking questions every day Questions help us understand different people and cultures Questions make us better learners and citizens