I was wondering how you plan to make it feel like a real, lively debate, given that to many people the question might seem like “settled science.” Right now it reads a little bit like schoolwork (which isn’t a bad thing!) rather than having the irresistible pull of an online disagreement. Will you be introducing the competitions in your usual lesson style, even though they’re outside the normal curriculum? I’d love to see how you bring the topic alive and get kids to really care about it.
And I’m interested in your reasoning behind letting kids only take the “wrong” side of the debate — I’m sure you’ve already thought this through, and I’d be keen to heard more about what you hope they’ll get from it!
This sounds wonderful!
I was wondering how you plan to make it feel like a real, lively debate, given that to many people the question might seem like “settled science.” Right now it reads a little bit like schoolwork (which isn’t a bad thing!) rather than having the irresistible pull of an online disagreement. Will you be introducing the competitions in your usual lesson style, even though they’re outside the normal curriculum? I’d love to see how you bring the topic alive and get kids to really care about it.
And I’m interested in your reasoning behind letting kids only take the “wrong” side of the debate — I’m sure you’ve already thought this through, and I’d be keen to heard more about what you hope they’ll get from it!