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Parents need to know that this educational series is specifically meant for use in the classroom. Topics include American history, Hans Christian Anderson stories, the Ice Age, ocean genetics, and many more. With their wide range of topics, some episodes are more appropriate for middle schoolers, while others are…

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The show's goal is to educate and inform. Some episodes discuss issues like slavery or war in a historical context.

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Parents need to know that this educational series is specifically meant for use in the classroom. Topics include American history, Hans Christian Anderson stories, the Ice Age, ocean genetics, and many more. With their wide range of topics, some episodes are more appropriate for middle schoolers, while others are better for high school kids. Topics like slavery, animal reproduction, war, and religion, while handled deftly, might upset some viewers and/or prompt questions for parents.

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ASSIGNMENT DISCOVERY is an educational program specifically designed for middle and high school students. Covering a wide range of topics, the show methodically introduces students to concepts and ideas related to earth science, language arts, physics, history, and much more. Documentary film footage from the Discovery Channel library is enhanced by lesson plan material embedded into the program, such as topic questions and periodic breaks for student discussions about what they've learned so far. Experts such as scientists, writers, and explorers provide context and analysis throughout each program, and the show suggests resources so students can find out more about that episode's subject.

Is It Any Good?

For teachers or home-schooling parents, Assignment Discovery can be a great resource for teaching, especially since the Discovery Channel Web site provides lesson plans and other resources to accompany the episodes. Throughout the episodes, the narrator speaks slowly and clearly -- much like an ideal teacher -- as the screen displays the kind of top-notch footage that the Discovery Channel is known for. Those eager to learn about certain subjects might find the show fascinating even outside of school, but be forewarned that most adults -- and many teens -- will find the slow pace and simplistic language too dull to maintain their interest.

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Families can talk about the topics the show covers. What did you learn? What did you already know? Was there anything in the episode that surprised you? Was there something you learned about that you'd like to research further? How will you go about doing that? Will you need help from a parent or teacher to find the information you want?

• Premiere date : October 10, 2002
• Cast : Leyna Weber , Thom Kikot
• Network : Discovery Channel
• Genre : Educational
• Topics : History , Science and Nature
• TV rating : TV-G
• Last updated : February 28, 2022

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THE KALEIDOSCOPE DISCOVERY CENTER

The Kaleidoscope Discovery Center is a STEAM education network, focused on creating fun, interactive experiences that inspire a universe of endless possibilities.

Welcome to the Kaleidoscope Discovery Center!

Our mission is to provide opportunities that value science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) through hands-on learning, encouraging imagination, exploration, and creation influencing a brighter tomorrow. Our outreach programs will come to you if you are in one of the following counties: Phelps, Pulaski, Maries, Dent, Crawford, Texas, Miller and Gasconade counties.

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The Kaleidoscope Mind: Some Easy Ways to Teach Creativity

You're never too old to make your mind agile, flexible, self-aware, and able to see patterns and connections that more rigid minds miss

[Edison has a] remarkable kaleidoscope brain. He turns that head of his and these things come out as in a kaleidoscope, in various combinations, most of which are patentable. --Western Union patent attorney Edward Dickerson

Javier Hans is on a mission to change how the world's youth think about creativity and innovation. At nine, he founded Inventors Without Borders. At 15, he was the winner and youngest entrant of the Invent Your World Challenge sponsored by Ashoka. Most recently, Javier spoke at TEDx Taipei, where he unveiled his immersive role-playing game, Inventors Village .

Impressive as his young resume is, he isn't the only one in his family with a creative mindset. Javier's brother Fabian, and his mother and father, Ester and Peter, recently launched a program called "Invent and Innovate" that helps youth use their imagination productively. They're also producing a TEDx event this fall in Woodlands, Texas, which they are calling "Kaleidoscope Mind."

The term kaleidoscope is Greek and is loosely interpreted as "an observer of beautiful forms." So what, then, is a kaleidoscope mind? The Hans family would say it's "a type of mind that is agile, flexible, self-aware, and informed by a diversity of experiences." It's a mind that is "able to perceive any given situation from a multitude of perspectives at will -- selecting from a rich repertoire of lenses or frameworks." They would say that a kaleidoscope mind is playful, and it must be able to "see patterns, connections, and relationships that more rigid minds miss." And they would say that a kaleidoscope mind can be taught. I would agree.

Like a radio frequency, people can be tuned to see differently. Once you learn a new skill, such as how to ride a motorcycle, you become sensitized in a way you weren't before. You start to see more motorcycles, you become aware and give them more space on the road, you acknowledge them, and you remember what it feels like when the wind hits your face at high speed. Seeing creatively is a bit like that.

For example, I recently gave a presentation at a conference on the youth advertising industry, after which one attendee asked me, "What do you teach your daughter?" I gave him the example of a homework assignment where my daughter's school asked that each first grader write 20 book reports. The teachers sent home a template of what was expected. She did the first ten based on the template. Then, we identified all the elements of a book report, brainstormed other ways that information could be presented (such as writing a letter to the main character, writing the book as a newspaper, writing a play, acting it out, etc.), and each report thereafter was done in a way other than the one prescribed in the template. My parenting approach for my daughter is to help her see possibilities, to tune her to new frequencies. This creative perspective is not a gift. Rather, it is a skill that she can master.

But what about adults who have already-developed minds that they consider to be something other than creative? I think the answer is to learn creativity in structured ways that I call "sight frameworks." Like Edison, it's how I have purposely trained my brain to become aware of patterns that lead to innovative thinking. I've introduced these ways of seeing creatively through presentations and workshops at conferences like CPSI (the Creative Problem Solving Institute), and will again this coming January at IIR USA's Creative Leadership Academy in Sundance, Utah. One of the easiest frameworks to demonstrate is "contextual sight." Just by changing the context (forcing a sight change), new ideas and insights emerge. Take the topic of temporary tattoos. We think of them mostly for children's birthday parties or Halloween. But what if we changed the context and thought of temporary tattoos as they apply to the military? Indeed, in the last two years temporary camouflage tattoos were created to replace face paint in military applications. Now shift the context to the medical industry. Temporary tattoos are now used instead of medical ID bracelets to identify someone with a medical condition. I could introduce many more contexts such as zoo, fresh produce, and even diapers, and without much difficulty you would have many more ideas about how temporary tattoos could be used.

As biochemist Szent Gyorgyi once said, "Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought." You'll find that as you start to see differently, creativity comes easier. And just like a kaleidoscope, any way you turn will produce creative thinking.

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How To Make a Kaleidoscope

What you need:.

• Three small mirrors that are approximately the same size.
• Thin cardboard
• Overhead transparency or plastic page protector
• Candy sprinkles or colored paper

What You Do:

1. Tape the long edges of the mirrors together so that they form a pyramid shape, with the reflecting sides of the mirrors all facing inward.

2. Next, cut out a triangle of thin cardboard to fit one end of the kaleidoscope and tape it on. Use a sharp pencil to poke a hole in the center of the cardboard, to serve as a peephole.

3. Cut two triangles of a transparent substance, like a plastic overhead transparency, to fit the other end; tape up two of the edges to form a three-sided envelope, and put candy sprinkles and/or bits of colored paper inside. Tape the third side closed, then use tape to attach the envelope to the end of the kaleidoscope.

4. Now, look through the end that has the peephole and aim the kaleidoscope at a light source. The colored objects on the other end will reflect off of the mirrors into star-shaped patterns.

You can also study reflection using two small square glass mirrors taped together on one side. Stand them upright and spread them apart like an open book, so that a small object can be placed between them without touching on either side. How many reflections do you see? Now, lay a pencil in front of the mirrors so that it touches on each side. How many pencils are reflected? Experiment with moving the mirrors closer to and further from each other; how does the number of reflected objects change in relation to the angle of the mirrors?

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