The answer my friend is blowing in the wind

Why do we need to answer the child?
why can’t we let her to wonder more?
and why can't we let her think more ?
Observing the world around us and make her conclusions (inductive thinking) why can’t we think of letting the child make some hypothesis and then think of some ways to check the validity of the hypothesis (deductive thinking) ..........

I will not go on to Google
I will look out of my window and start wondering :-)))))))

according to me the worst thing we can do is make children sit in front of the discovery or national geographic channel (however nicely packaged it might be - its STILL just pure knowledge - so BIG DEAL). I would rather gather children and take them to the nearest jungle and fill in their heads some thousand more questions, curiosities and doubts and .......................... let then experience, experiment, and explore
these three Es are to me the real Education or as we say....

....lets dirty our hands (on Google you don't!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

the answer my friend is blowing in the wind
the answer is blooooowingggggg in the wind

ratnesh

-----Original Message-----
From: Sujata Aji
Sent: 10 August 2007 23:03
Subject: Re: Questions....


I thought about this and realized i hadn't a clue (!)
so had to find the answer on the internet. 

So now that i know that wind is caused because of
uneven heating of air on our planet (air over oceans
vs. land mass; warm air rises and cold air displaces
warm air) and because of the planet's rotation, how do
i translate that idea to a demonstrable level for a
child? 

For planet's rotation, i think u could demonstrate
that by showing how windy it gets when sitting in a
moving car vs. car standing still.  (hopefully she
won't ask why u feel the wind when the car is moving
and not standing still).

As for warm air rising, perhaps showing that the
ground floor air is cooler than on the 2nd floor (or
higher). 

Thanks for the exercise!

sujata


--- Minakshi Prabhu wrote:

> My daughters question today - what causes wind?
>   
>    I told her about water boiling, condensation etc.
> but... still cant find a way of explaining what
> little I know....
>   
>   HELP...
>   
>   Mina
>
>       
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