47. What Maps Have To Do With Creativity

12/24/2021

Show Summary:

Everyone is born either creative or not, right? WRONG! Listen in as Claire and Natasha discuss creativity and an exciting project you can try in your STEM classroom. From Mapsco (if you feel bad, don’t - Natasha didn’t know what this was either) to creating your own compass, listen in and find out just how much technology has been replacing some important life skills and how Claire creatively brought them back into the classroom.

Links from the Show:

• Claire’s Graduate Program books:

  • Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity by Keith Sawyer

  • Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

• NASA Space Place: How Does GPS Work?

• “What the heck is Mapsco?” Here is a history for those of us, like Natasha, who didn’t know.

• How to Make a Simple Compass

• The Importance of Failure <from the Vivify blog>

• 5 Skills That Students Are Losing Because of Tech

• 12 Ways to Boost Social-Emotional Learning with STEM <from the Vivify blog>

• The Science Of Twinkies: How Do They Last So Darned Long?

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