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How can I make larger representations of small objects?.How can I represent a large object accurately on paper or in a small model?.When can we be sure that estimation is more appropriate than finding an exact answer?.How can we predict what life will be like 30 years from now?.How do we determine what is truly “real” and what is not?.What tools can an individual use to judge the difference between illusion and reality?.When solving multi-step problems using charts, tables, and graphs, how can you tell if the information you provide is sufficient?.How do I determine the best strategy to use for tackling a specific mathematical problem?.When and how has mathematics played pivotal roles throughout our world’s history?.How can we compare the sizes of objects when we can’t place them next to each other?.How do we identify patterns and use them to predict what will happen next?.In what ways can mathematical problems conceal as much as they reveal?.

How do pictures, graphs, tables, and data “paint a thousand words?”.

How could we use mathematics to create a better world?.

How can I best represent a pattern using mathematical principles?.

In what ways do we use math in everyday life?.

What can the art forms of other cultures teach us about ourselves and about life?.

What would the world be like if we weren’t able to artistically express ourselves?.

How can we use the arts to inspire positive action?.

What do we mean when we refer to music as the universal language?.

What are the fundamental differences between a “thoughtful” and a “thoughtless” critique?.

Do audiences and consumers have any responsibility towards artists? If so, what are they?.

What kinds of responsibilities does an artist have to an audience or a consumer?.

What inner and outer factors influence how we express ourselves artistically?.

What is “art” and why do individual cultures place so much value on its continuing evolution?.

How does a song, piece of art, or dance communicate with us?.

What are some strategies for building effective oral communication skills?.

How can you make a convincing case about a problem that inspires people to take action?.

How can we use knowledge of the structure of language to write more persuasively?.

How can we use story writing and storytelling to help solve everyday problems?.

In what ways can we express ourselves when we don’t know another’s language?.

How does an author create meaning in a text, and what makes that meaning valid?.

How does what you read influence how you should read it?.

What makes writing worth reading, and why should we do it?.

What moves us to communicate through digital and non-digital media?.

What makes a story effective for its purpose?.

What are the reasons that cultures and individuals create narratives of their experiences?.

What strategies can you use to make writing come alive for a reader?.

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How does the study of history help us realize that ideas and actions of individuals and groups have consequences and shape events?.What are the benefits and consequences of questioning/challenging authority?.How does conflict lead to change across varying levels of society?.How can we help people struggling in underprivileged regions of the world lead better lives?.How do we determine the ideals that should be honoured in a model society and explain why they are the most important?.Is there a price to obtaining freedom from oppression? If so, what is it?.Why do we sometimes oppress each other when we gain power?.

In a culture full of ideas and images of what we should be, how do we form an identity that remains true and authentic for the individual?.How do you define the term “perfection” in contrast to how it is portrayed in our pop culture media?.Why do we study and examine our past, present, and future?.How do we overcome prejudice and social bias?.How does our understanding of the culture of a people help us communicate with them most effectively?.How can one individual’s experience reflect the struggles of an entire nation?.So off you go! Explore, ponder, and never stop asking questions. “They are the kinds of questions that can drive us, haunt us, and move us to search for answers.”Īll the essential questions are broken down into different categories. Stimulates critical and continual rethinking.Can be elemental or foundational if within a discipline.Triggers the hydra effect (investigate one question, and more appear).

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