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Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

Part One

Decision-making isn't easy

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Reflection Activity

  • Option One: Draw or mind map the lessons you learned in this story and how they interconnect.
  • Option Two: Listen to a podcast related to this story and come up with three questions you'd like to ask the expert. See if you can find the answers online or submit them us for a future interview!

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Part Two

THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES WILL HELP YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS YOU NEED TO LEARN IN THIS CLASS. YOUR TEACHER WILL SELECT WHICH ACTIVITIES YOU NEED TO COMPLETE BELOW.

The Art of Decision-Making

Think decisions are easy? Try your hand at reaching a consensus agreement between divergent stakeholders.

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Problem Solving

Good stories don't start with an idea, but rather begin with a focused question that requires solving. * Recommended

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Compare and Decide

There's no one right way to present research or tell a story. Compare and contrast different techniques to find what works best!

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Part Three

HOW DOES THIS CLASS RELATE TO REAL-WORLD ISSUES?

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Featured Hot Take

How do you solve complex problems and make better decisions? Well, Dr. Kerry Bowman might be able to help. He’s a world-renowned ethicist and quite possibly the most interesting man in the world. Kerry took the time to join us in conversation to discuss the art of decision-making.

We’re featuring this podcast across all five Nature Labs subjects. You might not like every course you take in school, but they are all related. By listening to this podcast, hopefully you’ll better understand why.

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  • What do you think defines good ethics?
  • Do we do a good enough job of considering ethics when we make decisions? Why or why not?
  • When we talk about ethics, do we realize different regions and different people hold different ethical values? How should we weigh different ethical standards when making decisions?
  • What are the social, cultural, economic and biological ramifications of including ethics in our decision-making processes? What are the ramifications if we don't?
  • What role should ethics play in research and storytelling?
  • How will you apply lessons learned in this story to this class and your life?

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The System of Things

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Here’s How

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Own Your Hypocrisy

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The Context of It All

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Your Turn

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Chapter Ten

Keep Going

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Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

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Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

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Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

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Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

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Be Better

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The End (of the Beginning)

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