How might we develop students' capacity for imaginative thought through curiosity-building activities and lessons?
To expand their creativity and imagination
How might we spark student curiosity to expand their creativity and imagination?
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Environmental Art, Ethics & Agency.
(Re)Connecting students to our ever-evolving natural and manmade environments through art and exploration.
TED-Ed Clubs
Students are invited to record their big ideas in the form of TED-style talks, using the TED-ED club format.
Promoting Danger...Safely!
Through student, parent, and teacher sessions, use 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) as HW for a month! (or just a week)
Tinker Airplane
By using LittleBits and allowing creativity to build freely, students will want to showcase their imagination and use new technology.
Duck Duck Discussion
Students are tasked with designing a game that connects specific evidence from a literary text to the text's themes.
Do You See What I See?
Tell a story about what you see.
History Specific Installations
Students investigate the history of their school to develop site specific installations.
3D Printing Trig Braclets
Students create 3D printed jewelry using trigonometric functions.
CSI: Creative Scene Investigation
Learning in role empowers students to take risks and ask questions they might not feel comfortable to do as themselves.
Upcycled Creativity
Use recycled and repurposed materials to foster creative confidence, visual thinking, and the spirit of possibilities.
Science + Music, the Science Rap Academy
Students research, write, and produce their own science music videos; substituting words from their favorite songs with lyrics they write.
A create-a-day
Every single day, create one thing
Launch Up Your Life
Its a scientific method on how to build a baking soda rocket.
Loose Parts Lab
Add "loose parts" to an indoor or outdoor space to dovetail with a concept you are teaching and to spark curiosity and exploration around it
IMPROVISATION!
begin each class with an improvisation exercise.
A Classroom "Pet"as a Window to the World
Have a (I prefer "non-living") classroom pet that can travel home or abroad with students and/or friends/family of students.
Treasure Box
The Treasure Box sparks learning in students by giving them an adventure in their every day learning and getting them up on their feet.
Start and Finish with Questions
What if students finished research projects by not only talking about what they learned, but also new questions they now have?
The Parabolic Cooker Project: Students Solve a 3d Problem Using 2d Math
Math students at Nueva were challenged to take their theoretical knowledge of parabolas and design parabolic cookers that could boil water.
To be or not to be like
Ask students to identify one specific behavior they observe that day that if they did that would make them more liked. Or vice versa less.
Potential & Kinetic Energy in a Box
Our contribution is a beautiful box with an assortment of supplies, learning diagrams, and challenge cards to spark student curiosity.