March 21 PD Day
Friday 21 March 2014
Where is the curriculum?
My premise is that if it is interesting and engaging you can find curriculum in it. Can you find the curriculum in Star Wars? Post your thoughts...
Other questions
Aliens
What might alien life be like? How likely are we to find humanoid aliens?How about intelligent aliens?
How likely are the various aliens we meet in Star Wars?
Why might Jar Jar Binks have those crazy eyes? Why might Wookiees be bipeds?
What is life like for a Hutt?
Could giant slugs live inside asteroids?
Can Ewoks really climb trees?
How might Scurriers, Dewbacks, Rontos, and Banthas survive on the desert planet of Tatooine?
Might a Sarlacc really take a thousand years to digest its prey?
Why do Jawas’ eyes glow?
What dangers does desert life pose for humans?
Droids
Are droids shaped like R2-D2 and C-3PO the most practical types of robots for humans to build? What would be the best design for a battle droid, or for legged tanks like the Walkers? Could we someday build robots as intelligent as Artoo and Threepio? Can we make robots that see, hear, and speak, like Star Wars droids? Can we create robots that have their own emotions, and why would we want to? Can robots detect our emotions? Can robots express emotions? Why do Artoo and Threepio constantly argue? Why can’t Han and Threepio get along? Can we create bionic limbs like Vader’s and Luke’s? What inures might require Vader to use a breathing aid? Spaceships and Weapons | |
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Thursday 20 March 2014
Why Star Wars?
There are three great reasons I choose Star Wars as todays provocation:
1. It is full of great science tie ins (as well as many other curricular areas).
2. We are approaching Star Wars day and I would challenge all of us to bring Star Wars into the classroom...
3. Its Star Wars!
May the Forth be with you!
What other days should we be recognizing as a science school?
1. It is full of great science tie ins (as well as many other curricular areas).
2. We are approaching Star Wars day and I would challenge all of us to bring Star Wars into the classroom...
3. Its Star Wars!
May the Forth be with you!
What other days should we be recognizing as a science school?
What questions can you propose from your ideas?
Questions Generated from the Theme or Idea - Planetary Environment
Are planets as common as they seem in Star Wars?
How likely are Earth type planets?
Could a planet have two suns, as Tatooine does?
What conditions are necessary for a planet to develop its own life forms, as we see many of the Star Wars planets?
What are conditions really like within an astroid field, and what chances of successfully navigating one?
How likely is it that humans could live comfortably on so many other planets?
Is alien life likely on a moon, such as the Ewok moon of Endor?
Could a planet be entirely desert, such as Tatooine? If so, could life form there?
Where is the science?
Find it in this video..
Post your ideas on science themes you see emerge. Feel free to use your knowledge of all of the movies to provide examples.
Planetary environments would be one example.
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