Discussion Questions - Listening

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1. when headline? you think What read did the you

2. 'water'? What word when in the you your images mind are hear

3. about you know What do groundwater?

4. do Earth's about balance? you know What

5. geophysics? What do about know you

6. Earth that tilts important it the is angle? How correct at

7. know do Pole? you What about the North

8. Pole drifting? it the What is matter if North does

9. much Should groundwater? we using stop so

10. How can we conserve water?

11. Did this like article? you reading

12. hear you word of when think do you the 'Earth'? What

13. you do what about you think read? What

14. about do you What gravity? know

15. much about glaciers do you caps? worry melting and ice How

16. do have farms can What they water? enough not do if

17. does What matter if it wobbles the world more?

18. What story? adjectives best describe this three

19. What doing impact Earth? to we are

20. you geophysicists? would the like ask questions What to

Back to the Earth's axis lesson.

Earth's Axis - The 20 Questions

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
  1. What did you think when you read the headline?
  2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'water'?
  3. What do you know about groundwater?
  4. What do you know about Earth's balance?
  5. What do you know about geophysics?
  6. How important is it that Earth tilts at the correct angle?
  7. What do you know about the North Pole?
  8. What does it matter if the North Pole is drifting?
  9. Should we stop using so much groundwater?
  10. How can we conserve water?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
  1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
  2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'Earth'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What do you know about gravity?
  5. How much do you worry about melting glaciers and ice caps?
  6. What can farms do if they do not have enough water?
  7. What does it matter if the world wobbles more?
  8. What three adjectives best describe this story?
  9. What are we doing to impact Earth?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the geophysicists?

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