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Shifting from a teacher-centred to a student-centred classroom begins by creating opportunities for students to take more responsibility for their learning. It is not only the teacher who needs to adjust but also the students, who must move from being passive recipients of information to becoming active participants. In Astronomy and Space Science, this change is particularly powerful because the subject naturally encourages curiosity and exploration. To work out what is in each box, students will need to use a range of skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, observation, and reasoning. They will have to ask questions, test ideas, and be open to changing their assumptions based on new evidence. This process involves both patience and confidence. Learning becomes less about getting the right answer immediately and more about developing the ability to think, investigate, and learn through discovery.

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It is a very interesting activity that stimulates curiosity and above all leads students to ask questions and seek answers. Approaching it more and more to the scientific approach

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Very interesting the group layout and the arguments of each group so that everyone could check what each identified.

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It is an interesting activity It increase curiosity and inquiry

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I like the Mystery box activity it encourage students to think and analyze.Promote hypothesis and theory making.I love the part when student wont allow to know what inside the box because it replicate what scientist feel when they do research.It will increase curiosity and inquiry.But my concern how we maintain motivation when student feel wasting time figuring out what in the box but not allowed to know it.

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It' s a very interesting activity this mystery box. The Science is the same, mystery and we cannot open the box to find the answer but we can ask, observe and try to give one hypothesis or even an answer! Super Activity...

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It's a very interesting activity! It's a very simple idea that can encourages debate, creativeness and scientific thinking.

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It' s a very interesting activity this mystery box. The Science is the same, mystery and we cannot open the box to find the answer but we can ask, observe and try to give one hypothesis or even an answer!

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Great activity! I have tried it with my students and it was a great start to intrduce the scientific process. I believe the most important skills needed is imagination and discussion.

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This is a great activity!
I will try it out with my youngets students.
An interesting way to explore it:
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/educators/teaching_resources/activities/mystery_boxes/~/media/1CF010527C24410585CD3834C93FE504.ashx

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Loved the activity, and i'm already thhinking of a "younger " version of it for my 6 year old students.
The necessary skills I would like to point out are creativity, imagination and visualisation. Those are the ones I would wnat to reinforce.

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I was very impressed by this activity. it's a simple idea but it worked so effectively in the class. With preparation, the teacher really has to do very little during the lesson as it's so focused on the inquiry. It was a very powerful analogy for the students to understand the scientific method.

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observation and recall of similar sounds/thumps/thuds ... , evaluating each group's conclusions, discussion and justification of own conclusions.

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I've already made this activity with my students. I think it works very well and it is an excelent way to empowers observation. I also agree that It encourages debate, creativeness , and since the students have to tell whats in the box it stimulates arguing capacity.
I recomend this activity to introduce many types of contents, envolving the students in their learning process.

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Students should present many skills to approach this activity:

They have to collaborate working in teams. They have to communicate writing down their guess -thoughts  which drives them through critical thinking to achieve several skills as  creatively thinking using observation and managing  with inquiry.
As a mathematician I find it an excellent activity to introduce them to problem solving especially let them analyze and generate hypothesis which is the main point to achieve a difficult solution to a given problem.

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Ok, this really hit me. It's a way of teaching I never even thought about.
I think the most striking feature of the whiole lesson is the moment where students have to present their results and defend their conclusions. That's usually the moment where you understand if your method was a strong one or a weak one.

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A simple activity, but a successful one that reveals through a simple game aspects of scientific research:·
·       observation

·         critical thinking

·         analyze

·         collaboration

·         hypothesis generation

·         the development of small experiments

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I think that students can develop various skills like communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, or the so-called 4 Cs which are of great importance for their future development!

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Communication, collaborative working, sharing ideas, using their ears to figure out what it could be, are some of the skills children used to work out what is the object inside the box.

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it's a really interesting activity. I will definitely use it with my students

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I really like these activities :) It makes students observe what they feel, hear, estimate wight, etc. It also make them discuss and argument their ideas.

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A very intersting activity!!Eveyone got engaged and realised what science is all about!!

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This activity is very interesting and can be used with children from all ages. Through this inquiry approach students can develop various skills like communication, collaboration, estimation, critical thinking, creativity, learning with peers, debating among others.

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This activity provides the development of numerous skills in students, has a very rich approach. Highlight: curiosity, teamwork, critical thinking, oral and written communication and argumentation, among others.
I did not know this activity, but I will implement it soon!

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Mystery box activity :
Definitively a very cunning activity showing pupils quite captivated in the inquiry and debating process.
I like the fact that they're not told what's inside like in real scientists life

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An excellent activity to introduce students to the scientific method which involved all students in an active approach

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I find it very funny :).

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The skills required are related to the skills of observation, data recording, evaluation of ideas and discussion among peers. Students could evaluate for example the weight of the object, its ability to bounce back, the sound produced. With this activity can learn to distinguish between observation, deduction and interpretation, understanding the importance of cooperation between scientists and reach the conclusion that that science is a continuous work in progress.

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Among the skills the students will develop are critical thinking, collaboration and communication, obvervasion, imagination and ability to find 'detours' to dead-ends

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The students will have to use collaboration and communication skills, estimating skills, the full spectrum of their imagination, observation skills and open mind for well based hypotheses and predictions.

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Students might try to weigh the box, cover with water, bring a magnet and report the results of a comparative table
surely the experience helps them understand the difficulty of the course of scientific research, the charm of the comparison between different experimental aspects, the importance of dealing with third parties about the results and the conclusions reached

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Great activity!
I think students will develop several skills: criativity, critical thinking, collaboration, comunication.

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Very interesting and successful activity. It improves the problem solving and the scientific method, but also social skills.

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Very interesting activity.

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A very cleverly planned activity thus focuses on the process and not the outcome itself!!
It also helps students to build self-esteem, team belonging, standing up for self point of view.

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This is a very interesting activity to do with children from all ages. This inquiry approach is amazing because students can develop their skills: communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity learning with peers, confidence and resilience, among others.

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https://youtu.be/hud8SPCcfu0https://youtu.be/hud8SPCcfu0

What a great activity! I think that the skills emphasized by the students in the video are the ones needed to discover the content of the box

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I chose a mini tennis ball, cards, candies, cotton, bouncy balls and dices to put inside the boxes. The numbers were changed.

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I"ve finished my boxes today. As soon I use them I will post here!

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A very  interesting approach to introducing a part of the Scientific Method. It encourages the use of many skills. Teamwork encourages not only discussion and debate between the students but cooperation as well. They will be using observational, listening and tactile skills as part of their examinations of each box. Imagination, curiosity and inquiry will also be central to the exercise. Reflection as they compare/contrast their ideas also.

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Students should present many skills to approach this task: first of all collaboration, they have to work in teams. Writing down their thoughts means that communication, critical thinking, negotiation and creatively thinking are their intention for completing this activity. Not to mention curiosity, as they develop to little scientists and of course engagement to the idea of observation and inquiry.

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This is a very nice activity, which I want to share with my collegues.
The skills the pupils need to use:
- communication and listening
- observe critically
- think critically
- Make estimations
- Weigh their judgements to come to a consensus for the answer in the box.
- working together

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I enjoyed the idea of this activity. I will do with my students and share with you

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The inquiry activities not only should  develop or improve  the skills of students like observation and communication, but they also state their opinions

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Really interesting activity... I think it should be used to introduce scientific method and its steps.

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Students need to use all the other senses rather than sight to try to guess what is in the boxes. Also they need to collaborate, be creative and share all their ideas and hypothesis. Very effective activity! They would finally understand how frustrating being a scientist can be....

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very interesting actvity: students develop many skills: imagination, issue hypothesis, exchange opinions, think, have a broader view of things ...

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Very interesting, I've made this kind of activity with food . Pupils had to guess what was in the box.

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An activity that requires and develops a lot of skills: think to different possibilities, make hypothesis, use other senses than sight, collaborate with other students, discuss and argue to sustain your ideas, critical thinking, and the most important skill for a scientist: ability to understand when another idea is better than your idea and change your mind and way of thinking.

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Amazing activity, I'll do it with my students to introduce how scientists work.
Skills: think, discuss, make ipothesis, work together, imagine, reflect.

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Students learn to use their senses to understand what is hidden inside the box
They work together to find the solution

They exhibit their ideas and they are able to describe the process put into place to get to formulate them.

They have learned how to do science

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Students have to combine observation and their past knowledge-experience  (sounds of different matterials/ shapes )so they can guess what is inside of the box. This activity helps students to increase their imagination, discussion and critical skills and learning about experimental scientific method

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It is an amazing activity! When you do not open the box you bring the students to the real scientific situation. The students will use observation,   imagination, creativity, problem solving, hypothesis...and make a conclusion or decision.

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creativity, imagination, discussion, to be able to listen to other opinion,, and compare, and observe, and to refer to passed experience, ... Great activity!

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I am looking forward to trying out this activity with my ten year old students. I am curious to see how they will react to it and what the results of their inquiries will be

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I am looking fotwad

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Wonderfull activity!!!The students can develope their observation, collaboration, imagination,hypothesis ,problem solving , classification and learn how to get conclusions after considering all the facts!They can really feel the scientific research when they can't open the boxes.

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The proposed activity is very beautiful and truly meaningful to treat the experimental scientific method.

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It's very useful to introduce the scientific method and to let the students prove themselves as researchers that is an every day activity. To find the researcher that is naturally present is everyone

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Very good activity

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If you manage to get a good group dynamic, like the one displayed in this video, we expect students to use the best of their argumentative /communication skills. If your students are to propose one hypothesis, they have to negotiate to reach the best idea. Latter, at the end of the activity, the best ideas must come out the the whole class discussion.

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I really like this activity.It is amazing and quite valuable for developing creative and critical thinking

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I was lucky enough to experience it as a participant thanks to Eleftheria (I have to admit that the final part of not getting to know if your guesses were right or wrong is an awfully perfect lesson on the nature of science and research).
I have already tried it with the teachers in my school (yay!) and now it is high time mystery boxes cross my classroom door.. Fingers crossed, for my 9-year-olds are about to exercise observation, imagination, estimation, visualization,  classification, hypothesis, communication, debate, argument, collaboration, critical thinking,  problem solving, scientific approach and, last but not least... their patience when I take those boxes back!

P.S. Loved that video, too :)

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❓ Scientists try the Mystery Boxes game | #STEM | Science Museum Group Academy

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I think it's amazing the trial to find out what are in the boxes without open them. So,  children can develope skills and approaches as : communication, imagination, hypothesis, visualisation, creativity, observation, estimation. They also can understand as well that a scientinst sometimes can't find main results, but the research is quite worth, as Greek  poet Kavafi's  says other words.

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I definite liked this activity I hope to realize it with my classes!

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What a smart activity!!! Students will have to use their previous knowlegde, teamwork skills, discussion, problem solving, collaboration, imagination, creativity....in order to work out what is in each box.

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I FIND THIS ACTIVITY SO SMART: DISCUSSION, PROBLEM SOLVING, COLLABORATION,  HYPOTHESIS, ARGUING.
IT'S GREAT

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and students will have to use discussion, teamwork, organize their ideas and determine their views, developing an agrument, creativity and social skills.

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This is a super activity for self discovery of the scientific method.  Definitely an activity for my classes.
Skills; communication, collaboration, imagination..

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Observation, creative thinking skills, critical thinking skills, discussion skills

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While doing this activity, students will need to concentrate, observe, imagine, collaborate, make arguments...

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Mystery Boxes activity really nice and engaging for the students. The students work collaboratively in order to guess what it is  in the box. they come up new ideas,they learn to search and question. They give ideas and support their ideas, try to persuade their friends, they have a right and chance to express themselves, think crically and creatively to find their way, they develop  some important skills such as communication, hypothesis, imagination ,visualisation,observation, estimation and synthesize

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I love this activity !

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What a great activity! Collaboration, communication, using their previous knowledge... You name it, it's all in this activity! Definitely going to introduce this to my students!

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Mistey box activity was very interesting, Ihad already heard about it but the video was very enlightning about its potential. I have to do this activy with my pupils.

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According to me the "Mystery boxes" activity brings the following skills into play:

powers of observation

ability to synthesize

capacity for having debate

capacity for formulating hypothesis

creativeness

imagination

capacity for arguing

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Tomorrow I planned to use the mystery boxes in my classroom, and to share you the impact to my students. I hope to find at  my students :

argumentation,

communication,

collaboration,

negotiation,

critical thinking,

creativity,

curiosity,

engagement

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I love this activity. All students have to collaborate, discuss, hear to others ideas. I can's see any bored student! I need to do this activity with my pupils.

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Nice to see how they are all focused, interested and participating. And feel important because their every clue or imagination has been regarded. Priceless for gaining self-confidence!

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The mistery box activity

I did not know this activity and I think fantastic to create group links and highlights the process of how a scientist has to think.
In this activity you must use observation, imagination, reflection, creativity, hypothesis formulation and communication.

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“Mystery boxes” It is a fun activity to introduce Inquiry Based learning! I have enjoyed Students` engagement.

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Loved this activity - Perfect in facilitating the scientific thinking process. Love how students reflect on their skills. Never seen this activity before!

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A very interesting activity.

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A very nice activitie to use to introduce Inquire with an astounding ending!
It is not clear from the video but it would be important the presence of an individual phase in wich each single student make his own hypothesys before discussing and comparing suggestions insidethe group.

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A good, fun and interesting activity. The students must be creative and open-minded. They must do an hypothesis but they must listen the other students opinion and be able to change or to do better this idea.

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I liked this activity and i wiil do to my students.
This activity will help them to feel  like real scientists
Some skills  they need is
observation
experementation
collaboration
dabate for their opinion
fanantasy

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They practiced thinking skills, problem solving skills, communication. I also tried an activity, as Cristina Pinho suggest, done by Perimeter institute

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Quite interesting. These students used their observation, communication and estimation skills, their imagination and their negotiating skills.

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An activity designed extraordinarily beautiful! Students develop their work skills like collaboration, creativity, imagination. curiosity, critical thinking by moving boxes, the sound, discussion, persevering taking notes, drawing, negotiating ..... nice and very instructive experiment is done at the end compared to the discoveries of science.

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Fantastic! Good activity to establish good working group. Students communicated with each other, and concerted ideas, formulated hypotheses. There was a real group dynamics. I´ll try this ativity with my studens. There is a similar activity that is building a model - I suggest you see the activities of the Perimeter Institute.

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It's good to work students imagination, creativity, cooperation, argumentation and communication.

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“Mystery boxes” is very interesting and useful activity. Definitely I will  try with my students and I am sure it will be great experience.

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The skills developed in this activity were:collaboration, formulation of the hypothesis, creativity, observation, communication, problem solving, and argumentation.

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Once again , a superb training material. I feel it would bring some fundamental change in the teaching style.

The skills and the approaches that i feel that the students will have to use are :
Skills: Social skill, Problem solving skill, Managing time, Inquiry skill , Critical thinking etc;
Approaches: Student-centered, collaborative.

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It's very interesting activity. We can use it in different classes.

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I had fun watching this video! I think students will appreciate it.