Sud, Reeteka
(2016)
Igniting curiosity in young minds with the challenge flame.
I wonder (2).
pp. 95-96.
Abstract
Since it was started in 2012, the Flame Challenge
has become an extraordinary learning experience
for children, who are integral to the whole
process — from submitting their questions to selecting
winning entries to the challenge question. The question
for each year’s challenge is picked from questions sent
in by children themselves. There aren’t any restrictions
on what can, and cannot be asked; the point after all is
to stoke their curiosity. The organisers scan through all
the questions submitted to identify a common theme.
For instance, the question for the Flame Challenge in
2014, “What is colour?”, was selected based on student
questions that year as — “Does everyone see colour
the same?”; the classic “Why is the sky blue?”, and a
variant of that, “Is my blue also their blue?”. Through
the process of coming up with questions, kids have a
chance to wonder, and express, what it is they want to
know about the world around them.
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