See Subscription Options. Discover World-Changing Science. Get smart. Sign up for our email newsletter. Sign Up. Support science journalism. Knowledge awaits. See Subscription Options Already a subscriber? Create Account See Subscription Options. Continue reading with a Scientific American subscription. Subscribe Now You may cancel at any time. Look around. For each item, determ in e how much you would put on the price.
How much in total could you make if you. How much could you make if you received your lowest price? When you are ready, plan your family garage sale! Collect your items, pick a date and put up.
Then add up your earn in gs! Will you. Have a little math fun us in g the numbers from the episode! Add up the values for the follow in g. Then challenge family members to. Many of the people featured in the episode comb in e in novation, hard work, opportunity and a. Do you th in k you are an in novative. One college-aged millionaire from the episode truly f in ds treasure from trash by mak in g and. In addition to its monetary value, compost in g is also valuable for.
Learn from Willie. What do you know about the natural resources and assets in your own community? Do a little. Then bra in storm as a family. And just what does it. Learn what debt is and how much debt the United States has at the U. There are many ways to in troduce younger viewers to the concepts presented in this episode. Introduce the concept of money by putt in g several co in s and bills on the table and expla in in g.
Next time you go to the grocery store, po in t out how much th in gs cost. Let children see you. There are some very big numbers in troduced in the episode billions and even trillions. Introduce children to the se numbers and show the m how many zeros are in a million, billion.
Encourage young children to start the ir own age—appropriate bus in esses! A lemonade stand or. From the loneliest wilderness to the busiest city street, America provides a home for more than million residents.
What if the entire country was put up for sale? In this age, perhaps more than any o the r, everyth in g has its price. Curiosity Challenge See which family members can answer the se questions before watch in g the episode.
Then add up the number of po in ts for each family member. Davis cognitive neuroscientist Matthias Gruber. The more curious a subject was, the more his or her brain engaged this anticipatory network.
In addition, the researchers found that curious minds showed increased activity in the hippocampus, which is involved in the creation of memories. The implications are manifold.
Piquing curiosity could also help educators, advertisers and storytellers find ways to help students or audiences better retain messages. To explain this, she refers to the experience of reading a detective novel. Already a subscriber? Sign in. Thanks for reading Scientific American. Create your free account or Sign in to continue. See Subscription Options. Discover World-Changing Science.
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