Introduces the components of active listening — focusing attention, listening to connect, checking understanding, and acknowledging the speaker — through paired and small-group practice activities.

A get-to-know-you interactive exercise where students practice active listening skills with classmates, useful for launching a Can We Talk? unit or preparing students for more explicit listening instruction.

Teaches students to ask different types of questions — clarifying, build-upon, and more — that show genuine interest and deepen conversations, building on a physicist’s story about the value of well-framed questions.