Chris Hadfield: An Astronaut’s Advice
As seen on http://zenpencils.com
Art: by Gavin Aung Than
Words: by Chris Hadfield
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What Do Science And Play Have In Common?
Neuroscientist Beau Lotto thinks all people (kids included) should participate in science and, through the process of discovery, change perceptions. He’s seconded by 12-year-old Amy O’Toole, who, along with 25 of her classmates, published the first peer-reviewed article by schoolchildren, about the Blackawton bees project. It starts: “Once upon a time … “
At The San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art, an abstract gets close scrutiny.
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“Empathy isn’t just something that expands your moral universe. Empathy is something that can make you a more creative thinker, improve your relationships, can create the human bonds that make life worth living. But, more than that, empathy is also about social change — radical social change.”
~Philosopher Roman Krznaric
Source: exp.lore.com
Landfill Harmonic
A remarkable musical orchestra in Paraguay, where young musicians play instruments made from trash.
More on the upcoming feature-length documentary: facebook.com/landfillharmonicmovie.
I Was Meant To Be A Composer
In 1919, at which point he was just 9-years-old, Samuel Barber wrote the following letter to his mother and left it on his desk for her to find. She did, and a year later Barber began to compose his first opera, “The Rose Tree.” He was still only 26 years of age when, in 1936, he finished his most famous work, “Adagio for Strings.”
Samuel Barber went on to win worldwide acclaim for his work and numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Music twice.
NOTICE to Mother and nobody else
Dear Mother: I have written this to tell you my worrying secret. Now don’t cry when you read it because it is neither yours nor my fault. I suppose I will have to tell it now without any nonsense. To begin with I was not meant to be an athlet [sic]. I was meant to be a composer, and will be I’m sure. I’ll ask you one more thing.—Don’t ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football.—Please—Sometimes I’ve been worrying about this so much that it makes me mad (not very),
Love,
Sam Barber II
Source: lettersofnote.com
Sailing To The Moon
“I’ll use my imagination for astro-navigation … I’ll use my creativity to traverse across the galaxy.”
A journey to the Moon from some musical science educators, highlighting the limitless possibilities of the mind to explore wherever you’d like to go.
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Celebrating Difference
Reminding us to let children discover their passion and follow their motivation in life.
The first ‘Think Different’ commercial “Here’s to the Crazy Ones”, narrated by Steve Jobs - a version that never aired. 1997.
Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Branson, John Lennon (with Yoko Ono), Buckminster Fuller, Thomas Edison, Muhammad Ali, Ted Turner, Maria Callas, Mahatma Gandhi, Amelia Earhart, Alfred Hitchcock, Martha Graham, Jim Henson (with Kermit the Frog), Frank Lloyd Wright and Pablo Picasso.
The young girl at the end is Shaan Sahota
Resilience, Passion, A Child’s Mind
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Resilience is that incredible quality that allows a child to be knocked down by life and come back stronger than ever. Passion is about doing what you love.
“It’s about the journey as much as the outcome”.
~London Illustrator, Charlotte Trounce.
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Build. Make. Hack. Grow.
Kid’s everywhere can now gain practical skills through an exciting new world of their own. I wrote a post about my kid’s fascination with DIY when it first launched a few months ago, but this new movie clip gets them buzzing with excitement.
Not only are my children often found deep in concentration with their own latest creation, but they are also fascinated scanning the huge collection of other kid’s inspiring creations online in the DIY community and checking out the many challenges that interest them to earn ‘Skill Badges’. It’s much like their local Scouts group but connecting into a global DIY community. It’s changing the way kid’s can share, inspire and learn from each other across the world.
Mr Six has been so busy working away on various creations and challenges we’ve now just got to upload his latest projects to his own DIY portfolio and earn some of those Badges.
Mr Four can never miss out and is proudly following right behind him working on his own portfolio and it won’t be long before little sister joins in too am sure.
Never Underestimate A Curious Mind
Sir John Gurdon, Nobel Prize winner, was ‘too stupid’ for science at school
At the age of 15, Prof Sir John Gurdon ranked last out of the 250 boys in his Eton year group at biology, and was in the bottom set in every other science subject.
Sixty-four years later he has been recognised as one of the finest minds of his generation after being awarded the £750,000 annual prize, which he shares with Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka.
Speaking after learning of his award in London on Monday, Sir John revealed that his school report still sits above his desk at the Gurdon Institute in Cambridge, which is named in his honour.
Grades are poor measures of one’s potential to be curious.
Here’s a bigger image of the letter.
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Source: telegraph.co.uk
Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement Address.
Follow Your Creative Curiosity & Trust That The Dots Will Connect In The Future.
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”
Source: youtube.com
Kids Play the Way Scientists Work
“Let the little scientists play and the world will teach them what they want to know”. ~ Alison Gopnik
Roominate – a new line of dollhouses for girls aims to spark interest in science, technology, and STEM rather than reinforcing the gender stereotypes of traditional toys. The startup comes from three female engineers.
