WRITING (ask and answer questions)WHY?
There are some books that are a collection of interesting questions that have appeared
during a period of time in a magazine, with different readers answers. Give students a
sample or two of these. ( Tank Madness from Why penguins don´t get their feet wet?
And Baarmy). (Why do goldfish jump out of their tank? Different answers , why do
sheep run in a straight line in front of a car? Different answers) Read it out loud, ask
them for the different answers in their own words.
Divide students into pairs or threes. Give them a piece of paper. (they can only write on
one side). Each group writes a question and passes the piece of paper to the next group,
who will answer and pass it on to the next and so on until it gets to the original group,
who wrote the original question and will now answer it. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
GO IN STRICT ORDER. The teacher can walk around correcting mistakes.
When everyone has answered all the questions. The group that wrote each question will
read it and its different answers to the rest of the class.
You can display it on the wall or noticeboard at the end of the lesson with the heading
WHY…?
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Why don't penguins' feet freeze?
Asked by Leanne Ryan
Penguin’s feet don’t freeze, but they are often very, very cold. Penguins need bare feet
so they can walk without slipping and to help steer them when swimming. Penguins often
avoid their feet getting too cold by hunching down so that their belly feathers cover their
feet, or by rocking back onto their heels and tail to lift their feet off the ice. They also have
counter-current heat exchangers that regulate their foot temperature to keep them at
least just above freezing. If their feet were too warm, they would waste lots of energy.
Blood vessels running away from the feet run close to those running to them, so that just
the right amount of heat can be transferred between them to keep the feet warm enough.
If they get too cold, the amount of warm blood flowing to the feet can also be increased
by increasing the diameters of the arteries running to the feet.
Andrew Kitchener, Principal Curator of Vertebrate Biology, National Museums
Scotland
Why does hair turn gray?
Answer by Schnazola