uh-oh, hubby just called. He got his first parent complaint.
He's doing a lesson on Science vs Superstition.
He did some prelim work with them to introduce the concept and talked about superstitions.
they had to write a paragraph about their week-- good/ bad.
Now he's going to do various things like spill salt, break a mirror (inside a box for safety), not pick up penny... Not doing anything to back the bad luck. . And the students have to report back a week later if those things affected them. Did they have bad luck.. why?
The parent called and left a message "what kinds of things are you teaching up there!" " why are they breaking all these superstitions, what does it have to do with science?!"
now.. opinions about this lesson plan???
Keep in mind, he is providing an alternative assignment if they don't want to participate.. 3 page paper about "how do superstitions affect the progress of science?"
He gave them an example of four leaf clover is not good luck.. genetic mutation to create a fourth leaf. Mutations are not a good thing.
Origin of salt spilled myth.... salt was more valuable than gold, thus spilling it was very bad. If you threw it over your shoulder, it was good because of the belief that demons hung out over your shoulder to make you sick.