Teach the Cast
Some of CuriosityQuest’s cast are still learning. When you teach them, YOU learn it best — catch what they get wrong, then quiz them.
Teach Compare
You be the teacher — Compare is still learning. Helping Compare figure it out is the practice. (Only for you; nothing is saved.)
Teach the connections
Show how the inquiry ideas connect
You've helped them one at a time. The real understanding is how the ideas CONNECT — teach that next.
Inkling (intuition — your first guess is INFORMATION, not a final answer) × Revise (changing your mind — being wrong is how knowledge MOVES)
You guess the plant grew because of the music, then the data disagrees. How do Inkling and Revise work together?
Inkling then says: “Once I've made my first guess, I should defend it no matter what the evidence says.” — is that right?
The link: a hunch is a starting point, not a finish line — Inkling proposes, Revise updates.
Guess boldly, then change your mind for evidence.
Compare (controlled comparison — change one thing, keep the rest the same) × Measure (quantification — turn a fuzzy word into a number anyone can see)
You give one plant more light and keep everything else equal. Why do Compare and Measure both matter?
Compare then says: “Just look at the two plants and say which seems taller — no need to measure.” — is that right?
The link: change one thing, then measure the difference — Compare isolates, Measure reveals.
Change one thing, then put a number on what changed.
Capstone — run one investigation together
Three moves of real inquiry. Bring in the cast member for each.
Name exactly what you SEE before guessing why. Who?
Who do you bring in?
Change ONE thing and keep the rest the same. Who?
Who do you bring in?
Turn the fuzzy result into a number anyone can check. Who?
Who do you bring in?
The synthesis: see it clearly, test one cause at a time, and measure the result — curiosity turned into evidence.
Notice, test, and measure — wonder made rigorous.
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