Why We Need More “Whys”
by Mark Gordon “Whys” move your mind into the unknown, the mysterious, the curious where the present lives — where creation manifests. It’s an adventure. Who knows where you travel? …
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Hello, Hello!
It’s Mark Gordon, ye ole’ teacher. Hope this finds you well. Surprisingly, lost class videos recently resurfaced and has motivated me to reach out and share some news. Before I …
Teachers, Looking to Spice Up the Curriculum?
There are ways even in a restrictive curriculum. If you’re a high school teacher interested in a tool, idea, or a question that will engage your students in the fall, …
Placing Ideas/Skills into Long-Term Memory
Where They’re Not Forgotten
We Know How to Save Lives. Why Aren’t We?
A Few Years Before a Suicide Epidemic Hit Palo Alto’s Prestigious High Schools When will the immense cost of our testing madness be fully recognized and changed? 21 years and …
Why This Game Is Important and Fun Too!
“Questions They Didn’t Ask in High School” This conversational card game will have you wonder and smile. And it’s a starter kit to become your own best friend. What if …
What’s Important to Know?
What does it take to be an educated human? What does educated mean? Skilled in what areas? In this ever rapidly changing world, what skills are, and will be, the …
Imagine Learning from K-12 Based on Law? The Laws of Nature
Waking up, you remember you can’t wait to get to school because today you’re learning a new law on how our world operates. It’s connected to the temperatures dropping 20 …
If You Could Invent a World, What Would You Surround Yourself With?
What if the antidote to an often harsh and care-less world is creating an environment where you feel fully at home? What would your sanctuary include? My sanctuary is a …
Kuriosity Lab Been Serving Kids and Communities Since 2012
From InMenlo: an online newspaper Kuriosity Lab is Menlo Park’s new Willy Wonka’s learning factory by SHERI BAER on SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 At the end of Marsh Road near Bayfront …