Curiosity. One of the greatest tools in our arsenal.

A child's curiosity can be infuriating. They're constantly trying to peek at your notes, look in the teacher's desk or even search up the history on the teacher's classroom computer.

That said, their curiosity is a powerful motivator. It is an internal need-to-understand and as teachers it's harder to come up with a stronger motivator than that.

Challenge: Harness the power of curiosity as often as you can.

To start off my Grade 7 Form and Function Unit I brought in a bag full of items. I had pumpkins (hollow/shell structure), snowshoes (frame structure) and a deer antler (solid structure). It's a simple enough thing to put together, but you would not believe how they crane their necks to see what else is going to come out of the bag.

Curiosity. The internal quality that will keep educating them, long after our brief window with them has closed.

Lesson Learned. Grade 7/8.