1. Register and ice-breaker: the cheesegrater (how many alternative uses can you think of for a cheesegrater? How many questions can you formulate about cheesegraters?)
2. TED video (see above). What kinds of thinking can we see here (think about sprqs)?
3. Lateral thinking challenge: can you solve these mysteries? Ask as many questions as you can (whether they seem likely to help or not) to find out more about each scenario, until you begin to see what the answer might be. The questions may only be answered with "yes" or "no".
a) A girl walking along a railway track sees a train thundering at high speed towards her. Instead of immediately jumping off the track, she charges directly at the train for about 5 metres and only then gets off the track. Why?
b) A man is working hard when he recognises an old friend approaching him. Despite both men being fit and well, they cannot speak and have to use hand movements to communicate. Why is this?
c) A young male is lying dead. He has an iron bar across his back and some food lying in front of him. How did he meet his sorry end?
4. Plenary: write on a post-it note the most useful, and the most surprising things you have learnt over the first two sessions
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It is interesting there are so many different types of intelligence
ReplyDeleteI've been surprised it is possible to break a difficult question or problem down by asking more questions, instead of trying to answer it straight away
ReplyDeleteInteresting: that wierd unrelated things can trigger your mind into finding an answer to a question
ReplyDeleteSurprising: how many uses you can come up with for a cheese grater!
ReplyDeleteI found the club quite fun, which was surprising!
ReplyDeletesurprising: how often I think in questions
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