Choosing a New Driving Question for your Interest

Project

Superior Driving Questions…

• are thoughtful• are different from any other interest project

you have done• are specific• are about something that you’re really, Really,

REALLY interested in learning about

Superior Driving Questions…

• might need to be answered by interviewing an expert– What do lawyers do in court? -->Ask a lawyer by

calling, writing an email or letter

Superior Driving Questions…

• might teach you something that you can show or demonstrate to the class

Superior Driving Questions…

• might ask how something is made– How are Jelly Belly’s different flavors made?– How do earthquakes happen?– Who designs shopping malls?

Superior Driving Questions…

• Ask why or how…– How do batteries work?– Why do people need eyeglasses?– How do light bulbs work?

Superior Driving Questions…

• might ask what someone does– What do interior designers do?– How does a sports reporter do his/her job?

Superior Driving Questions…

• might compare two things– What is the same & different about Van Gogh’s

and Matisse’s artwork?

Superior Driving Questions…

• could be a science project– What environments do plants grow best in?– How do you make an electromagnet?

Choose your SUPERIOR driving question carefully!

• Think about what question will be one that you will be most interested in answering.

• Then, write down the ideas that you talk about with your parents.