Edutopia – Emma Chiapetta
When you hear the word wonder, what images come to mind? Perhaps you’re imagining a person with their hand on their chin and a thought bubble above their head filled with images of the universe.
Yes, this is one important version of wonder. Some of the most important innovations of humankind came from the sort of curiosity that breeds wild ideas on the cosmic level. However, wonder is not always as big as looking up into the sky and questioning our cosmos. Just as many of humankind’s brightest solutions came from microwonderings, the kinds of questions that all good problem solvers ask.