Impossible Science

Note to user: Remember your own personalized copies of documents, templates, and items to capture learning are shared within the Google Classroom. If you are not in the Classroom, then please reach out to Aaron Maurer(amaurer@mbaea.org) to learn how to get involved.

This module assumes you know and can do the following:

Competency

Shift from teacher-led instruction to student-centered learning for the purposes of meeting individual needs and fostering engagement and motivation.
Engage in problem solving through continuous planning, designing, testing, evaluation, and recalibration of teaching methods.(Aurora Institute)

Goals of Learning

Learning Outcomes

Understand the illusion of knowledge
Apply the concepts of magic to our own teaching
Engage students in asking questions about the things we don't know
Develop lessons to move our thinking from magic to science

What I will DO in this module:

Watch/listen to the conversation with Jason Latimer
Answer the questions provided to engage in the learning
Complete challenge 1 or 2 or both
Share your findings with other educators

Launch

Think Abouts

How are you helping students see beyond the illusion of knowledge?
Why does the world need more wonder and curiosity?
How are you creating wonder and curiosity in your classroom?

Learn

Watch/Listen to the Recording

Questions from the show

5:30 Why wonder is so important? How did Jason create wonder in museum settings and convert that to online spaces?
6:30 What is the illusion of knowledge?
8:00 How does the right question change everything?
11:00 When does a revolutionary idea start off popular?
14:30 What is process to creating magic and wonder?
16:20 Magic is everything we don’t understand
19:00 How do we organize the process to create a need to know?(applying magic to all teaching practices)
28:00 How you can apply these concepts even if you don’t consider yourself a “magician”?
38:00 Take on a challenge and learn magic to experience the power of wonder!
42:30 Look around to see how the message of Jason is exactly what the world needs!
44:30 Where to learn more about Impossible Science and what is to come
48:00 Why “I don’t know” is not a wrong answer, but the foundation to all science

YouTube Link

Video version

Podcast Link

Audio Version

Reflect

If you listen to the podcast version, then you can try to the Walk and Talk method of learning!

Walk and Talk

For this task & for these new environments of teaching and learning we have the opportunity to avoid the typical "sit and get" approach to learning.

For this learning I am asking you to get up, grab some headphones and walk while you listen and reflect. The podcast is 40 minutesso you can break up into two sessions or knock it out in one session.

If you are in a school you could ask permission to walk the halls during your prep or before/after school.

This idea was adapted from this post

EDU Podcast Tasting + Podcasts & Pedometers for PD with Choice and Movement!

Capture ideas by voice typing into your app of choice, but I would recomend adding to a Google Doc or Google Keep

If you need to learn about voice typing, then here is a newsletter and video guide
Voice Typing on Mac, PC, and/or Chromebook

Template

Here is a template(if you are in the course please use the version in Google Classroom) to capture your ideas.
- Feel free to capture ideas in a mode that best serves you. This is just one way to organize thoughts and perhaps a tool you can use with staff and students.

Talk About Your Ideas

Discussion Forum

Share your answers to the questions above in the watching of the video.
Share your examples, reflections, questions, and resources for this topic in the Google Group. This discussion is labeled Magic and Wonder topic.
If you share any resources I will add to the section below.

Flipgrid

Share your answers to the questions above in the watching of the video.
Share your examples, reflections, questions, and resources for this topic in the topic. This discussion is labeled Magic and Wonder
If you share any resources I will add to the section below.

Awesome Ava and Dorky Dad

Ava during online learning

We hit a wall of frustration during at home learning.

Explored Impossible Science

Ava perked right up and started taking notes, practicing, and did not get mad when learning was tough!

Hours of learning

Ava spent hours writing notes, rewriting notes, scripting the process, practicing, and finally performing.

It was a huge turn around from the learning in the morning!

Awesome Ava Performs Magic!

Here is Ava demonstrating her knowledge of the magic trick!

Challenge

Challenge Submission

Choose one of the magic videos created by Jason. Engage in the learning as a student.

In the Google Group Discussion and/or Flipgrid

Share what video you chose
How did you feel while watching and learning?
How could something like this be used in your classroom?
How has this PD helped you rethink the power of wonder and intrigue with your content?
What are you next steps of application as an educator?

Share your thoughts and your plan on applying what you learned from this session in the Google Group.

Challenge Submission #2

Choose one of the magic videos created by Jason. Use the video as part of your lesson with studentes

In the Google Group Discussion and/or Flipgrid

Share what video you chose.
How did you use the video for your lesson?
How did the video work with students ?
How did you use your professional educator skills to weave the video with your goals?

Share your thoughts and your plan on applying what you learned from this session in the Google Group.

Resources & Further Learning

Overview of Impossible Science (2).pdf

Learn all about Impossible Science

Impossible Science One Sheet (1).pdf