60. Why Should You Have More Than One Solution?

4/22/2022

Show Summary:

“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one we have.”
- Émile-Auguste Chartier, French philosopher

After many class discussions of failure, social-emotional learning (SEL), and upstairs/downstairs brain, one of Claire’s 6th grade students asked, “Why do you think that [failure is] required? If you’re successful the first time, why isn’t that a victory? Why is failure necessary? Why do you HAVE to fail?” Taking this personally as an engineer, Claire mulled this over and found the quote above as she began examining how to better explain this to her students. Tune in as Natasha details her most recent NSTA Conference venture (and how teachers fared compared to the engineering class in a prior episode) and Claire tells the truth about why you need more than one idea.

Links from the Show:

NSTA Conference

• NSTA Conferences

• Natasha 2022 NSTA photos <from the Vivify Instagram>

SEEC

• SEEC (Space Exploration Educators Conference)

• Natasha & Claire at SEEC 2022 <from the Vivify Instagram>

• Claire’s Giant Moon Map

Bring Space Club to Your School! (It’s FREE!)

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• Space Club Pitsco Kits: Mission to Moon or Mission to Mars

• STEM Space Lander Math & Engineering Activity (Printed & Digital)

Vivify STEM Resources

• 56. What Do Kids Need To Prepare For Engineering?

• How to Teach Growth Mindset and Failing Forward

• 12 Ways to Boost Social-Emotional Learning with STEM

• Upstairs Downstairs Brain Paper Circuit SEL STEM Activity

Space STEM Resources

• Video “7 Minutes of Terror”

• What Space Jellyfish Tell Us About Interplanetary Travel

• OSD AT&L Defense Acquisition Process Chart

Jellyfish Nebula (credit: Brad Burgess)

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