Sangeeta Natarajan has created the project "Curiosity Across Cultures: Questions That Connect Us" in Class2Class.org
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Curiosity Across Cultures: Questions That Connect Us
What is this project about?
Students observe something in their daily lives that makes them curious, ask questions about how or why it works, and share their observations and questions with a partner class through a video call. They compare what different children noticed and w...
- Age of Students
- 6-8 years
- Project Duration
- 6 weeks
- Starting Month
- October 2026
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to identify and describe observations from their daily lives and ask questions about how things work, while listening to and comparing curiosities shared by students from partner classrooms.
Students will be able to demonstrate critical thinking by collaborating with peers from different cultures to organize observations into patterns and explain similarities and differences in how daily life varies across their communities.
Skills to develop
Project Activities
What Makes You Curious? Icebreaker & Observation Walk
Students take a guided walk around their classroom, home, or school grounds and notice something that makes them curious. They draw or write down what they see and ask one or two questions about how or why it works, then share their observations with classmates in small groups to see what different children noticed.
Asking Great Questions Together
Students learn what makes a good question by exploring examples and non-examples. They practice asking 'how' and 'why' questions about everyday things (toys, plants, food, weather, animals) through partner interviews and group discussions, building confidence in their questioning skills.
Observing Our Daily Lives & Recording Curiosities
Over two weeks, students keep a simple observation journal or photo collection of things in their daily lives that make them curious (meals, animals, weather, machines, people, nature). They write or draw one observation and one question for each item, then share their collections with a partner to spot patterns in what different children wonder about.
Live Video Exchange: Sharing Observations & Questions with Partner Class
Students present their top three observations and questions to a partner class in a live video call, then listen as the partner class shares theirs. Together, they notice which observations are similar across both classrooms and which are different, discussing why daily life might be the same or different in each community.
Comparing Curiosities Across Cultures
After the video exchange, students work in small mixed groups (if possible, with partner-class students via follow-up video or asynchronous collaboration) to sort and compare the observations and questions they collected. They create a simple chart or visual showing what was noticed in both classrooms, what was unique to each, and what patterns they see in how children think and ask questions.
Reflecting on Our Questions & Thinking Like Scientists
Students reflect on what they learned about asking good questions and how observing the world helps us think like scientists. They share one thing they discovered about their own curiosity and one thing they learned from the partner class, then celebrate what makes each classroom's observations special. This can be a short presentation, a group discussion, or a simple reflection drawing.