Author: Jon J Muth
Synopsis: Three monks roll into a village with little community spirit. To remedy the situation they start cooking stone soup. First a curious girls comes to talk to them and helps them find stones for the soup and a bigger pot to cook the soup in. Eventually, the other villagers come out to make contributions to the soup. It becomes a fine soup that brings everyone together.
Connections to Science:
I) After reading this story you can discuss the elements that create community spirit.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Three Monks No Water
Author: Ting-Xing Ye
Art: Harvey Chan
Synopsis:
This is a story about a monk who acquires two friends. At first the addition of another monk causes problems as they try to bring water to the monastery. A fire eventually rallies them together.
Connection to Science:
I) This story may be used to introduce the concept of perturbation. As small changes are added to a system things may become chaotic, but eventually things tend to become stable in the long run.
II) You could talk about the fire in the story as a catalyst and get students to compare this with catalyst in chemistry.
III) For a math class you could plot the amount of water at the monastery over time or the health of the garden, then get the students to locate on the graph the major events of the book.
Art: Harvey Chan
Synopsis:
This is a story about a monk who acquires two friends. At first the addition of another monk causes problems as they try to bring water to the monastery. A fire eventually rallies them together.
Connection to Science:
I) This story may be used to introduce the concept of perturbation. As small changes are added to a system things may become chaotic, but eventually things tend to become stable in the long run.
II) You could talk about the fire in the story as a catalyst and get students to compare this with catalyst in chemistry.
III) For a math class you could plot the amount of water at the monastery over time or the health of the garden, then get the students to locate on the graph the major events of the book.
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