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The goal of this professional learning resource is to provide educators with tips, ideas and resources to set up a learning environment where learners can develop a sense of wonder and develop the Explorer Mindset attitudes and skills using the Wonder Learning Strategy of Defamiliarize the Familiar to inspire wonder around familiar things. Observe how Anand and his team display the attitudes, skills, and knowledge of the Explorer Mindset to observe cuttlefish behavior in new ways.

This article is divided into three parts:

• Part 1: Engage and Explore

Learn how to ignite a true sense of wonder in your students, as they ask questions and seek answers about familiar things in the world they live in by observing them in new ways. Watch the video, I Wonder: Defamiliarize the Familiar, and pay attention to how Anand and his team display the attitudes, skills and knowledge of the Explorer Mindset to observe cuttlefish behavior in new ways.

• Part 2: Learn by Doing

Learn how to create the conditions for your learners to defamiliarize familiar things and encourage wonder.

• Part 3: Reflect and Apply

Use a self-assessment check to reflect on what you are already doing to support your learners, defamiliarize the familiar and identify an area you want to improve.

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