The document discusses ways to increase student engagement in learning through curiosity, choice, complexity, and creativity. It promotes thinking like a kid by focusing on fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. It suggests going beyond traditional elements by creating periodic tables of non-element topics and generating superheroes defined by extraordinary abilities, intensities, and missions. Students are encouraged to ask "what if" questions, get unstuck by questioning with words and metaphors, and identify their favorite films while exploring connections and differences between stories.

1. INCREASING
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT
WITH CURIOSITY,
CHOICE,
COMPLEXITY,
AND CREATIVITY
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5. ONE

9. Why are kids so
much better at
this than adults?

11. Try
Thinking
Like a KID
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13. FLUENCY
FLEXIBILITY
ORIGINALITY
ELABORATION

14. TWO

15. GOING
BEYOND
ELEMENTS
SUPER
HEROES

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17. PERIODIC TABLES
OF ALMOST
EVERYTHING
EXCEPT
ELEMENTS
PERIODIC TABLES
OF ALMOST
EVERYTHING
EXCEPT
ELEMENTS

18. brianhousand.com/blog/periodic-tables

25. WHAT MAKES A
SUPERHERO?

26. EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES

28. INTENSITIES

29. MOTIVATED
BY A
MISSION
OR
A QUEST
FOR TRUTH

31. In brightest day,
in blackest night,
No evil shall
escape my sight.
Let those who
worship
evil's might,
Beware
my power,
Green Lantern's
light!!!

34. superherodb.com

35. SUPERHERO SCIENCE

37. wikihow.com/Create-a-Super-Hero
CREATE
YOUR OWN
SUPERHERO!

38. THREE

39. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/A7Eq9PEuDQk/maxresdefault.jpg

40. 3-2-1 WHAT
IF…

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42. WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO BE
STUCK?

43. SOMETIMES
YOU ARE
JUST STUCK

45. 3
2
1
Words
Questions
Metaphor

47. http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/i-think-we-just-moved-an-inch-oh-no-just-imagined-it-fml#.bcJ7zxNKW

48. THREE WORDS
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49. What if…?

50. khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar/storytelling

51. Identify the three films
that you would take to a
deserted island….

52. 3 FAV FILMS
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53. Part B: Why do you think you connected
with these stories? Come up with at
least one reason for each.
Part C: What, if anything, do these three
films have in common? How are they
different?

55. NEXT:
Return to your 3 favorite films and try
reframing each of them in terms of a
"what if" statement.
Share these with someone (you have not
talked with today) and see if they can
guess what movie it is from!

56. ILLUSION OF CHOICEILLUSION OF CHOICE

57. RIGOR
VIGOR

58. INCREASING
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT
WITH CURIOSITY,
CHOICE,
COMPLEXITY,
AND CREATIVITY
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