Thinking Series Super Pack: Term 1
Purchase one term (16 weeks, Sep-Jan) of thinking series classes for only $10.25/session! This includes:
An Introduction to Your Brain (6 weeks)That relatively small amount of gray and white matter behind your forehead is expensive for your body to support, requiring as much as 25% of your body's resources. Your brain in so many ways governs and reveals who you are and who you are becoming. This class will help you become better acquainted with your brain—its structures, chemistry, and functioning. Neuroscience is a relatively young field, enabled by sophisticated, new medical scanning hardware and software, employed today by some 40,000 researchers worldwide to look inside the brain in real time. We will consider what this young science can show us about your brain during adolescence as you build the architecture that will support it for the rest of your life.
You are literally creating your adult brain as you learn, make decisions, take risks, and relate to others. This is an exciting and unique time in your personal history and in human history to get to know the brain that you are building every day. You will find the study of your brain helpful, informative, inspiring, and amazing!
Geography: Where in the World?? (6 weeks)Studying geography helps us to have an awareness of a place. All places and spaces have a unique history behind them, shaped by humans, earth, and climate. Studying geography gives meaning and awareness to places and spaces. It also helps students visualize history and increase their understanding of international affairs.
During this brief trip to the farthest corners (and smallest countries) of the world, students will learn to identify the states in the United States, as well as the countries in the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Pinpoint the five oceans: Antarctic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Southern. Is Egypt in Africa or Southern Europe? Which countries border the Black Sea? Is Colorado to the North or East of Utah? Where are the -stan countries? Ask no more!
Looking Through the Lens: Our World Through Film (4 weeks)
Bring your popcorn as we sit down to take a closer look at the odds and ends of film! For this section, we will be taking a look at the film industry as it began and progressed through the mid-century. The class will explore various theoretical, historical, and critical approaches to cinema as an art form and a medium. Our film studies will help us look at film through a theoretical and critical lens. What did we like? What did we not? Asking questions is essential. Students will learn about the film industry, the history of film, the different genres in film, the lessons learned through film, and analyze each film in the broader context of society. Starting off with the original Charlie Chaplin film, “The Kid,” we will then watch a musical, a Jimmy Stewart classic, a Hitchcock mystery, and end with one of the biggest movies ever produced. Don’t forget the snacks!
The Kid (1921)
Available on Amazon Prime Video for free
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Available on Amazon Prime Video for $3.99
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Available on Amazon Prime Video for $2.99
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Available on Amazon Prime Video for free
Ben-Hur (1959)
Available on Amazon Prime Video for $3.99
- Day and Time: Thursdays, 12:45-1:45 PM ET
- Bundle Duration: 16 Weeks
- Dates: September 14, 2023 - February 1, 2024
- Fall Break: November 20 - 24, 2023
- Winter Break: December 11, 2023 - January 7, 2024
- Recommended for: Ages 11+ / Grades 6-7
- Teacher: TTK Faculty
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