Trainers’ Toolkit – Power of questions

	Exercise nr 39: Power of questions
Duration	15 min
Type of activity	Social / Body / Emotional / Cognitive
The goal of the exercise	The aim of the exercise is to  stimulate curiosity and creativity.
Group size	6-15 participants
Hashtags	#curiosity #perspective #question
Apps	Zoom
Materials	Before the workshop, prepare an object, something that can easily be shown on the webcam. It is important that the object is simple and interesting at the same time, so that it looks a little different from each side.  It could be a wooden box or a photo frame.
Exercise agenda	Show the chosen object to the participants on the camera from one perspective, so that it is not immediately clear what it is.  Then ask the participants to write down as many questions as possible about this object in their notes. Each person writes down on a piece of paper in his/her notebook. Say that the more questions the better. After two minutes give some detail about the object, for example, if it is a wooden box you can say that it contains something inside. Ask participants to continue with questions. After another 2 minutes, show the object with all the details and ask to continue asking questions. The more questions they ask, the better. After another 2 minutes, finish this stage of the exercise. Ask about the conclusions of the exercise, what was interesting in this exercise, which moment was a turning point in asking questions. You can ask if anyone would like to share a question. Encourage participants to stay in this attitude of curiosity for the rest of the workshop.
Possible modifications	This exercise can be used as a way to exercise the creativity of the participants by focusing more on the act of exploration and asking the questions. After every round of questions, remind the participants of a direction their questions didn’t take. For example, “Did you question its function or material?”
Credits	Compiled by Fundacja Culture Shock for TRENDSS – Transnational Roadmap for Educators in Digital Soft Skills (https://trendss.eu/)Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Co-funded by the Erasmus+Programme of the European Union