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Each entry offers an A5 print-and-cut card (more on the way) and a concise note that highlights its capacity for critical making, place-based imagination and more-than-human awareness, alongside the harms it could cause if lifted out of context or blind to local histories and power dynamics.
Although the project ideas emerge from art-and-design practice, you’re invited to bring in any content area—science, languages, civic engagement, lifelong learning—because the container, not the subject, carries the work.
Every project is context-responsive: adapt, remix or invert it to suit your learners, cultural grounding and ecological realities, staying alert to whose voices are centred and whose might be missing. Authors and influences are fully credited and linked so the exchange remains transparent.
Step inside, listen to both human and non-human collaborators, and let these student projects keep evolving through the hands that rework them.
Project: Creative Inquiry Card Deck
Overview:
In groups of four, students design a deck of at least 30 prompt cards to spark exploratory, creative learning with children—usable by both facilitators and young participants. You will:
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Select a Theme: Choose an engaging topic (e.g., the six senses, natural cycles, or community stories) that guides your inquiry activities.
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Choose Methods: Determine one or more hands-on approaches—such as outdoor exploration with found materials, storytelling circles, or tactile experiments—that align with your theme.
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Create the Cards: Develop 30 distinct cards, each featuring a clear prompt, simple illustration, and age-appropriate instructions to invite playful investigation.
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Craft a Leporello Guide: Produce a fold-out brochure explaining the overall process, underlying pedagogical approach, and suggestions for adapting prompts to diverse learners.
Cultural & Contextual Sensitivity:
Honor varied backgrounds and ways of knowing by inviting children’s personal and cultural perspectives into each activity. Design prompts that respect ecological contexts—using local materials—and ensure every card can be modified to accommodate different abilities, languages, and community values.