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Making Discoveries with Provocation Tables

11/16/2017

 
Put simply, provocations provoke! They provoke thoughts, discussions, questions, interests, creativity and ideas. They can also expand on a thought, project, idea and interest.
Provocations can come in many forms:
  • An interesting photo, picture or book
  • Nature (e.g. specimens)
  • Conceptual (e.g. changing seasons, light)
  • Old materials displayed in a new way
  • An interest that a child or children have
  • An object (e.g. magnets, maps)
  • New creative mediums
  • Questions (from any source – i.e. What is gravity?)
  • An event (e.g. a presentation, a holiday)
Provocations can be as simple as a photo of a rock sculpture next to some pebbles or as elaborate as a table with an assortment of recycled materials next to a book on robots and resources to make upcycled robots. Often though, provocations are simple and displayed beautifully to provoke interest.
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