2. Research: What Makes a Computer, a Computer?

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Making Big Questions

Create a bed of ideas. Link your ideas. Break your ideas down into small parts. Then, once you have a idea clearer in your team’s minds, you can then design your Big Question.

Top right on the ideas page below.

From the the Computers Book, look deeper into the topics. Lift the flaps and find out about the topics a little deeper.

One page caught my eye... Chips.

Micro Chips. Questions I had were: When was the first one made? How do they work? What are they made of? Do they need a lot of electricity? These are smaller questions based on...

What is a Microchip? and the small questions are sub-headings in my research.

Look closer at the page and see where I went with my ideas. 

My Big Questions are below in 4 levels of “BIGNESS” Can you reach the biggest level with your ideas?

What is a a Micro Chip? 

Can a Computer Live Inside a Human (or living thing)? 

Do Computers Talk?

Are Computers Just Mathematics?


Learning Intention

Can I brainstorm ideas?

Can I create a research question?

Success Criteria

I can draw ideas.

I can communicate ideas.

I can research deeply.

I can collate ideas systematically

Printables:

Brainstorm sheet here

Synonyms sheet here

Presentation Rubric for Teachers and Students. Here.

Presentation Rubric in basic format here.