Inspiration
I started watching some Jesse Schell speeches and eventually came to this one: Learning is Beautiful. His talk is entertaining and he makes some great points, but the one that most hit home was the amazing opportunity open to curious children (here). If they think to ask a question, they can access a huge amount of knowledge, even if they only know to look in Wikipedia or via an internet search.
All children I've encountered are naturally very curious, so I was wondering how best I can help the J's stay curious. My best idea was the curiousity list, to encourage them to ask questions and then take (at least) some of them seriously for further exploration. Whenever they ask a question, we write it down and, now, it can go on this list.
The List!
- What if Josh took a nap mid-day? Jin
- What if Josh slept all day and night? How long could he do this? Jin
- What causes tummy aches and how can they be treated or avoided? Josh
- What is the history of polo shirts, particularly why do they have collars and a couple of buttons? Josh
- What causes traffic jams? Jate
- Why do all schools start at 8, why is the road crowded at 8? Jate
- Why do children go to school? Josh
- Why do brothers tease sisters? Josh
- Why does stirring ice make a drink colder faster? Josh
- How does a freezer work? Josh
- How do we log-in to youtube on a Sony TV? Josh
- How do the parts of an electronic circuit work? Josh (maybe this is on brainpop?)
- Can you spin a turbine with your hands? If you do, what will happen? How does the motion work? Jate
- How did the knights' move in chess come about? Jin
- Why is so much of Europe devoted to growing crops? Jin
- Why do children sometimes not listen to their mothers? Jate (asked with respect to the Madee story การประมาณตน)
- Why can egg whites make foam? Josh
- How do market sellers weigh/portion sticky rice? Can we trust them? Josh
- How does the price of petrol compare between Thailand, UK, and the US? Josh
- What are the fruit seasons in Thailand? Josh
- Why are kitkats in pairs? Jin
- Why did people make cars if they pollute the air? Jin. Do trains pollute? What about airplanes? Jate
- Why is rice so sticky? Jate. How do you measure stickiness? Josh
- What is stevia and how does it sweeten food ? COul da chocolate cake without sugar be healthy? Jin
- Do Pringles have eggs or dairy? Mommy
- Why do we need to eat food? Jin
- Why do some people sweat out of their noses? Mommy
- What are the gift giving traditions in Thailand? Why did our neighbor give us chompoo? Jate
- If Mars and Earth were brought closer with their magnetic north poles facing, would the magnetic repulsion or gravitational attraction win? Jin
- Does Europe have a desert? Why not, if not? Jin
- Where are mangoes grown? Josh
- Why do train tracks use/have gravel? some kid on the Heathrow Express (his mother wasn't interested in the question)
- When did UCL Academy in Swiss Cottage open? Josh
- What do car spoilers do? Jin
- Why are exhaust pipes different shapes? Why do some cars have 2? Jate and Jin
- When does the rainy season in Thailand start? Josh
- How does an Ipad work? Jin
- Why do different people's teeth have different spacing patterns? Jate
- How did the capital destruction compare with the GDP decline and loss of labour force in WW1 and WW2 (inspired by a discussion of Piketty's new book)? Josh
- Is a rackets court the same dimension as a doubles squash court? Josh
- How does PV=nRT apply to the coolant cycle in a home freezer? Josh
- Why doesn't this ball blow away? Josh
- If trees release oxygen gas during the day and absorb oxygen gas at night, do they release or absorb oxygen overall? Jate
- How do we make a flashing irridescent light (like the one we saw in the taxi)? Jate
- How do they make different flavours of yogurt drink? Jate
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