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Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Part One

In this case, you know you know you have to watch this story

Continue Chapter Three

Continue the story about what we don't know we don't know we don't know, you know?

Hot Takes

Nikki Sanchez

How to learn what we don’t know? Seek out stories that spark curiosity and deepen knowledge. That's the recipe for the success of visual...

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Visual storytelling can be a picture, a painting, a documentary or a plate of stunning food. It can also be a bent cedar box....

Reflection Activity

  • Option One: Create a visual, multi-media timeline of an issue outlined in the lesson media. Include important dates and events that relate to the issue.
  • Option Two: Have a conversation with an Indigenous community near you. Learn their history and ask questions about their experiences on the land. Be sure to listen and take notes.

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.

Skills Quiz

What are you good at? What do you enjoy doing? How can you use your skills and passion to help you in this class and in life? Take the (fun, non-consequential) quiz to find out!

Solving the Riddle

Here's the riddle: how to learn what you don't know you don't know? Where do you even start? We're here to help! Find out what to do when you don't know what to do.

Get Inspired

Great visual storytelling requires learning and listening, but it also requires inspiration. Get outside and experience nature, and see where natural inspiration takes you!

Bridge the Gap

Now that you've got the tools, it's time to fill the gaps in your knowledge. Explore your questions and find answers that lead to your one better question. * Recommended

Part Three

HOW DOES THIS CLASS RELATE TO REAL-WORLD ISSUES?

Inquiry Media

Are we loving nature to death?

Featured Hot Take

How to learn what we don’t know we don’t know? Listen to different perspectives and experiences!

Dr. Leroy Little Bear is recognized globally as a leader on Indigenous education, rights, self-governance, language and culture. Really listen to Leroy’s story and reflect on what you hear. What did you know? What did you learn? And on both counts, why was that the case?

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.

  • How can we ask better questions that lead to rigorously tested solutions to societal challenges?
  • By asking better questions, will we be able to dig deeper on the issues we face and understand a more complete version of the truth? Is this our best tool for understanding what we don't know we don't know?
  • Can the principals of traditional knowledge help us ask the better questions?
  • Do we do a good enough job of understanding how different cultures view different issues, well, differently?

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Chapters

Chapter One

The System of Things

Chapter Five

Here’s How

Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

Chapter Two

The Context of It All

Chapter Six

Your Turn

Chapter Ten

Keep Going

Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

Chapter Eight

Be Better

Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)