Thinking like a crow is the Japanese key to cultivating children\’s core abilities?

I found that the knowledge children obtain from popular science books and activities is often fragmented, like \”isolated islands\” that are not connected together to form a complete system. At Banya Examination Camp, we are working hard to help children form knowledge connections through the connection of several activities. For me personally, as a teacher\’s habit, I look for complete scientific enlightenment textbooks for Xiaochuan everywhere. I found this set of \”Mainstream Science Textbooks for American Elementary Schools: Scientific Enlightenment\”. The first chapter of \”Life Science\” says at the beginning that we hope children can think and work like scientists and master observation, reasoning, prediction and communication, measurement, sorting, comparison, classification, investigation and building models and drawing conclusions, etc. ability. The writing is interesting, but it is static after all. A total of 20 episodes of the Japanese educational film Think Like a Crow documentary Chinese version for free in ultra-high definition 1080P. Today I would like to share with you this documentary from Japan, produced by NHK – \”Think Like a Crow\”. It explains to children the four steps of scientific thinking in a more vivid and visual form: observation; hypothesis; experiment; research. The beginning of the documentary is adapted from Aesop\’s fable \”The Crow Drinks Water\”. There was a crow who was very hungry and wanted to eat the food in the bottle, but his beak was not long enough and he couldn\’t reach it. Huh? There was a pile of small stones next to it. It looked back and forth and thought of a way. Then the scene changes and the real crow eats the food by adding rocks to the cup! After the interesting phenomenon, the documentary naturally leads to the general four steps of scientific thinking and problem solving: observation, hypothesis, experiment, and research. First of all, there is such an experiment in observing and thinking about it – \”Coins Floating on the Water\”, which is very magical. The experimenter placed a one-yen coin on the water. The coin floated in the center of the water. Even if it was pushed to the edge, it would return to its original shape soon. For comparison, add wood chips. The wood chips did not float in the middle like coins, but ran to the edge of the water glass. Then put in a coin of the same face value. The two coins are close to each other and float in the middle of the water. The blocks are still on the fringes. At this point, add more water. Things have changed. Completely opposite to what happened before. Reduce the amount of water and it comes back. The question is: why? Just as Xiaochuan and I moved the small bench obediently and waited for the answer, a sentence came from outside the painting: \”Thinking while observing.\” The explanation stopped abruptly, what? What\’s the good answer? Is there such an operation? ! Step 2: Guess When we were still stunned by the previous wave of operations, three little people who were praised for looking like Yakult appeared on the stage and started the display. Three little people came across a small puddle, and looking forward, there was a line. There is a point on the left and right of this line. These three little people with their own silly and cute attributes began to get curious and started to make assumptions. One wonders if it’s the traces left by the walking dinosaurs? One wonders if there is a snake in front and a stupid lizard behind, and follows the snake. While the three little people were busy thinking, a worker came pushing a wheelbarrow, leaving the same traces as before. Well, it turned out to be so simple. The story of the animated villain ends, the experimental session begins. Step 3: Experimental session such as this experiment: high and low candles. First light a candle and cover it with a glass. The result was as we expected: it went out. Light two different candles, one high and one low, and cover the same glass. Will the taller one die first, or the shorter one? Or will the high and low be destroyed at the same time? Ah… the audience began to think again. Step 4: Study the experimental results. It turns out that the higher one is destroyed first! The question is: why? The lovely experimenter just said the answer: \”The key lies in carbon dioxide. Generally speaking, carbon dioxide is heavier than oxygen…\” Stop the screen and turn on the light. At this time, the voice of the narrator drifted over: \”Please think for yourself next. From now on, everyone will be a thinking crow.\” Unconventional popular science films. Most of the popular science documentaries I watched with Xiaochuan before were self-directed and self-acted teachings by scholars. Scholars ask questions and answer them, while we eat in front of the screen and receive knowledge relatively passively. Of course, there are shocks and touches brought by novel knowledge in the process, but there is less active thinking. This \”Thinking Like a Crow\” takes an unconventional approach and \”deprives\” you of easily obtained knowledge, but provides the pleasure of independent thinking and clearing up the fog. Every time I open the barrage and watch it, the screen is filled with the desire to think, just like participating in \”The Most Powerful Brain\”. The arrangement of the entire program follows the method of \”observation-hypothesis-experiment-research\”, urging the audience to become \”thinking crows.\” The experimental materials inside are all materials that are readily available in daily life: paper, crayons, coins, cups, etc. If children are interested in some of the props used in the documentary, they can look for experimental materials, do experiments, and find answers by themselves. The documentary uses a lot of ultra-slow photography and ultra-micro shots, so children can carefully observe and recall the details of the experiment. The documentary specially invited the famous Japanese actress Yu Aoi to host the experimental session. Yu Aoi debuted and became famous for starring in Shunji Iwai\’s \”Flower and Alice\” and has always shown a natural image. The producer of the documentary is Professor Masahiko Sato of Tokyo University of the Arts. He has a high reputation in the design and advertising circles. Among his designs is a very famous entry and exit seal. The traditional round entry and exit stamp is replaced by the shape of an airplane. Exit is to the left and entry is to the right. People can clearly see it when going through the formalities. He also supervised commercials for Issey Miyake. In addition to \”Think Like a Crow\”, he also supervised the production of two other popular science programs for children. The content is also very good and is recommended to everyone here. One is \”The Pythagorean Apparatus\”. This popular science film is specially produced for children by Japan\’s NHK Education Channel. There is not only complex mechanical structure inside. There are other interesting units as well. This person is so strange, why doesn\’t his foot touch the ground? How was it done? Magic dots use several dots to imitate the characteristics of animals. Can children guess which animal it is based on these dots? There is also a series of pleasant mechanical activities inside. This program explores interesting phenomena in physics and mathematics in daily life, using life-like scenes and imaginative designs to attract children\’s interest in science.. In addition, there is also a popular science program \”Dedicated to Future Scientists\”. This popular science film was co-produced by Masahiko Sato and the National Institute of Materials Science and Technology of Japan. The program starts from the physical properties of materials and derives a series of visual ideas, opening the door for children to understand difficult areas. Take memory materials as an example. Memory material can remember its shape in a specific environment, such as this wire, and you can bend it into any shape. But once it\’s in a certain environment, it snaps back into shape. What a surprise. What can we do with this property of the material? Mr. Spring appears. Its appearance takes advantage of the memory properties of metal wires. Based on this, there is another small experiment: burning a candle can restore the originally stretched spring to its original shape. Through the program, children will discover that seemingly distant and difficult things like \”physics\” and \”materials\” turn out to be so close and interesting. When I talk about knowledge to students, I often throw out this DIKW model. Tell them that they must distinguish the difference between data, information, knowledge and wisdom. Today, it is relatively easy for us to obtain data, information, and even knowledge, but high-level wisdom is different. Simple understanding and memory are not enough to form wisdom. Children also need to have in-depth thinking ability, imagination, and creativity…to know what it is, how it is formed, and why, and to explore the profound reasons behind it. American astronomer Carl Sagan said: \”Science is not only a system of knowledge, but also a way of thinking.\” Therefore, learning science is not only learning knowledge, but more importantly, forming a scientific thinking system. This is the core ability for children to devote themselves to the future.