Here's a Thought

Write the following question on a piece of paper, whiteboard or IWB (interactive whiteboard):

Is there a thought on this piece of paper [or whiteboard or IWB etc.]?

Nested Questions:

• What is a thought?
• Where are thoughts?
• How are thoughts created?
• Where do thoughts that aren’t being thought about go?
• Where is William Shakespeare's thought 'the wish is father to the thought' (Henry IV part two)? (Remember: WS is now dead!)
• Can a thought be on a page?
• Do thoughts move? 
• Can you swap thoughts with the person next to you? Can you swap brains?
• What is the difference between brains and thoughts? 
• What is the mind?

 

An exercise in telepathy?

 

Explain that you are going to perform ‘telepathy’ with the children; say that you will transfer a thought from your mind into their minds without speaking. Then, after some theatrics - such as touching your forefingers to your temples - simply write: ‘pink elephants’ on the board. 

 

TQ: Did I just perform telepathy?

 

NQs:

What is telepathy?
If this is not telepathy then what is?

 

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