18 November 2017

Should we clone humanoid robots that are citizens? STEM & Ethical thinking

We made a decision not to clone humans so would we also decide not to clone human robots that are citizens?


                              STEM and Ethics

  • What do you notice?
  • Create a narrative around the future that you see? 
  • What is missing or not represented?
  • What are all the positives? 
  • What are all the negatives?
  • How will changes in technology impact our lives in the future and the lives of future generations?
  • How might you be part of the production of new innovations?
  • What role does society have in the future? 
  • What values will impact our decisions in how new innovations and technology are funded, created and used?
  • Just because we can, should we?
  • We made a decision not to clone humans so would we also decide not to clone human robots that are citizens?
Video Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ5wcoRFcGw

*Sophia was awarded an honorary citizenship as a PR exercise for a Tech conference in Saudi Arabia.

15 November 2017

Literacy Arts Science Multi-mode communication and meaning making (transdisciplinary)


Soil Dwellers : Who makes their home in the soil?
How alive is your soil?
How many different organisms call soil their home?
Have you seen any rabbits, bilby’s, hopping mice, bandicoots, wombats or foxes living in the soil? What do we call these homes that animals make in the soil? Do they all have the same name?
Do they all make their home in the same way? What features/ body parts do they have that helps them to make their homes?
What kinds of insects or invertebrates live in the soil? How far down do they live in the soil? What other questions do you have?
Are there organisms in the soil growing that we cannot see? How could we find out?
What else do you see living in the soil?
Make a picture using the different materials to show what it looks like when an organism makes a home in the soil.
Poem called: What Remains by Sheryl Shapiro
Burrowing
I enter the dark, sweet depths
surrounded
enveloped
by fragrant scents
of the generations
Burrowing transforming fragments
into essential elements
rooting new life
Burrowing
through the hard pan
the stones
jagged
and
round
Excavating
with nail and nose
Passage
to an underground nest.