Fables and Science

Introduction to Fables and Science
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Lesson	Fable - Main Point	Science - Topic
#1 Could Aristotle's Four Elements Be Alive?	Perhaps elements of the physical world that are considered inanimate in modern times are actually *alive*	Heat causes expansion which cause a decrease in density and weight
#2 Becoming a Great Observer	Suspending intellectual analysis can cause more intense *observation*	Teaching the Scientific Method can accidentally cause students to jump to conclusions
#3 Interrogation and Observation	Learning to honor human abilities to *observe before analyzing*	A classic experiment that propagates a bias of seeing humans as machines
#4 You Are Your Own Best Teacher	Challenging science teaching to allow students to simply stay in a *state of wonder* sometimes, without necessarily making analytical conclusions	Science teaching could help students teach themselves by sharpening observation
#5 Quantum Computing is Cool	Perhaps quantum entanglement points at the ancient supposition that we are all connected - to *oneness*	Quantum computers and the quantum properties of entanglement and the observer effect
#6 The "World Gym" Theory	The conjecture that we come from a *spiritual to physical* existence	Quantum Science’s entanglement teaches us to ‘learn to learn’
#7 Science Teachers Quiz	Questioning how much seemingly objective conclusions of science are *psychologically biased* by our times	Examining the Nature of Science
#8 Why Can't Wishes Be Scientific?	Why are human *intention, desire, and wishes* associated with flame and fire	The biology, chemistry, and physics of flame and fire
#9 Falling and Getting Back Up	Our human view of *falling* affects our conception of gravity	Gravity as seen as a force or as Einstein’s geometry of curved space
#10 Did that Iron Just Say Something?	Perhaps *consciousness* is ready to be studied by mainstream science	Galileo and the attempt to bring in new ideas using the Scientific Method
#11 How to Make Your Own “Fables & Science” Lesson	Using your *heart -* as in a fable - can offset a head-view of the world	Properties of carbon dioxide
#12 Lions and Tigers and Bears - Oh My!	How *names, categories, and labels* are necessary in science; but can affect you adversely	Seeing an overview of all kinds of bread from the perspective of the organic categories of ingredients
#13 The Woods are on Fire!	Step back to see *whole pictures* to come up with better perspectives on how nature works	Organic matter oxidizes back to air while metals oxidize to become rock
#14 What is Matter?	If very small amounts of some chemicals cause large changes in nature, perhaps the *presence* of some things matters more than we think	The very small amounts of iron and other minerals that affect the health of trees
#15 Trees, Rocks & Bones	Perhaps the earth is actually a large, *living being*	Iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, and sodium in nature’s cycles
#16 The Scientist-Artist	If our technology could imitate nature better, we may find ourselves *transcending* our current abilities	Innovations in technology can make life truly better
#17 We are Carbon-Based Life Forms	*Symbiotic* relationships among carbon-based life on earth	Organic biochemistry of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in Photosynthesis
#18 *Are Trees Joking?*	The possibility of *levity*	The physics of gravity, the biochemistry of trees
#19 *Wonderful Water!*	Using the lens of *wonder*	Some properties of water
#20 *The Test of a Real Scientist*	Head vs *Heart Thought*, Left vs Right Brain	Scientific Observation vs Analysis

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