Thinking About Your Guiding Questions ~ Types of Questions

  • Knowledge:
    Where do frogs live? What do a frogs look like? What are frogs prey and predators?

  • Comprehension:
    Would a frog sense danger in warm water?

  • Application:
    How would a frog react if it landed on a very hot rock?

  • Analysis:
    Why do you think the frog does not sense the danger in slowly warming water?
    How is a frog like a smoke alarm?

  • Synthesis:
    How does this message relate to us and our environment?
    How could we train frogs to react differently to increased temperatures?

  • Evaluation:
    Are the frog’s survival instincts adequate for life in the Finger Lakes District ?

(Blooms Taxonomy and questioning adapted from: Q Tasks: How to Empower Students to Ask Questions adn Care About Answers, Koechlin and Zwaan Questiong Task, 2008)