Ask Focused Research Questions

Generate or choose focused questions that can be answered through a short Grade 3 research project.

How the lesson starts: Ask Focused Research Questions

Oona goes question fishing
Meet Oona the otter, the best question fisher at Pebble Pond. Her class is writing short reports about frogs. But frogs is only a topic. Oona needs a real question that facts can answer!
Topic, then question
A topic is just one or two words, like frogs. A research question asks something that facts can answer. Watch Oona turn her topic into a question. How do frogs change as they grow?
Let's sort the catch
Some questions only ask how you feel. Are frogs cool or boring? No book can answer that. It is an opinion! What do frogs eat? A book can answer that with facts. Research questions can be answered with facts from books and websites.