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Edutopia: Dragons and Fairy Tales in Science Class
Edutopia: Dragons and Fairy Tales in Science Class

“Did you know that a long, long time ago, long before there was even pizza in Chicago, we were known for something else—dragons?”

The students laugh, knowing it’s not true, but they lean forward to hear more.

“See, here in Chicago we had the most beautiful dragons that anyone had ever seen. Dragons that had colors that people couldn’t even imagine. If you were stealthy enough and watched over by the lake, you could have seen dragons of the deepest blues, whose scales changed colors with the seasons. Over in Grant Park, you might spot dragons with scales in jewel-toned greens hiding in the trees, and white winter dragons that shimmered in the coldest weather. But then everything changed.”

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Education, Science, Media Article, STEAM, STEMSarah NorrisLando Educationscience, education, Edutopia, dragons, fairy tales, science class, structures, school, Greek mythologyComment
The Times: Children who do puzzles ‘reduce risk of dementia in later life’
The Times: Children who do puzzles ‘reduce risk of dementia in later life’

Reading fairy tales and solving puzzles with your children could reduce their risk of developing dementia in later life, it has been claimed.

The suggestion came after research found that eight-year-olds with strong problem-solving skills retained them in old age.

Scientists studied 502 Britons born in the same week in March 1946 who took thinking and memory tests at eight and again between the ages of 69 and 71. They found that “childhood cognitive ability was strongly associated with cognitive scores . . . more than 60 years later”.

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Family, Education, Health, Science, Reading, Media ArticleSarah NorrisLando EducationChildren, puzzles, reduce dementia risk, dementia, fairy tales, problem-solving skills, children, University of Oxford, The Times, media article, memory tests, memoryComment