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L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
03/14/2011
Elephants Prove Intelligence Through Teamwork
Researchers in Thailand came up with an unusual test to measure elephants' capacity for teamwork, a benchmark of intelligence. ... They threaded rope around a platform. On that platform: buckets of corn, a reward. If one of the elephants tugs on the other end of the rope alone, no reward. But if they pull in unison, they're both rewarded.
■Class discussion: If you don't think cooperation proves intelligence, how about cheating? According to the video: "One elephant outsmarted the researchers when she figured out she could just stand on her end of the rope and let her partner do all the work. " Interesting. But how is that "cheating?" The elephant just got the job done. There were no rules to break, no instructions to follow. Is cheating simply a human invention?
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