Inspirational Activities
Discovery
Children remember things when they are interested and excited by the ideas and the way things are presented to them. This is why we make every effort to ensure that we activate curiosity in students rather than just present them with ideas or just show them something fun. We let them discover important ideas in an engaging way.
Starting from a Place of Interest
It is amazing to see how interested students can become in a box of random building bricks when they are shown how they can be used to make a moving train or a playground ride. This provides a springboard to create curiosity for all sorts of ideas that they will encounter in their future studies and set them up for later success.
Important Ideas Start with Simple Exploration
Can you get a single small solar cell to drive a motor?
What about getting it to light an incandescent globe?
What about an LED?
Why is an LED different to a normal globe?
It is easy to see how