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Welcome to Self-Science
Self-Science is a curriculum and teaching process for building emotional intelligence.
A proven, developmental, comprehensive approach to building EQ and social skills,
Self-Science is an effective approach to a positive, inclusive, and caring school.
This web site includes a database of free lessons and activities -- you can try them out, post comments, and give back your own favorite activities (click for help). We also have several articles about Self-Science, including:
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Killer Statements
Friday, May 13 @ 00:00:00 PDT by kris (9293 reads) |  Anon writes "I chose to do the lesson in which my students learn about "killer statements", why they are made, and what it might be like if they were not made. I worked with 24 first graders at a small, Catholic school. Overall, the response was positive."
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Self-Science: Who goes first?
Friday, May 13 @ 00:00:00 PDT by kris (6618 reads) | Jessica writes "This exercise is a great way to allow student to excercise non-verbal communication skills as well as for the facilitator to observe how leader/follower roles emerge in a group."
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Self-Science: “Active Listening”- Mini Self-Science lesson
Friday, May 13 @ 09:45:00 PDT by kris (11746 reads) | firnrothiel writes "I teach math to a small group of 8th grade girls who love to chat and tend to talk over one another. I wanted to see how they would handle a situation in which they had to take turns talking and had to actively listen to what other people had to say. I gave a brief introduction about self-science and emotional intelligence, and then we jumped into the activity. We didn’t have much time to spare from our other work, so this activity lasted only about 30 minutes."
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Are you King Kong or a Doormat?
Tuesday, December 28 @ 15:34:43 PST by kris (9527 reads) |  Anita writes "This lesson includes three types of communicators. The first one is KING KONG. This communicator uses body language that is powerful, strong, and aggressive. Then there is DOORMAT. This person is passive; does nothing; withdraws; feels sorry for self. Finally, we have the ASSERTIVE communicator who says how he or she feels and states what he or she wants."
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No Teachers Fantasy Experiment - Fourth Graders
Monday, December 27 @ 23:00:00 PST by kris (7003 reads) | anne writes "BACKGROUND: I am currently a general aide in a 4-5 classroom at the Ohlone Elementary School in Palo Alto. I chose to do the self-science experiment with the fourth graders, comprised of 7 girls and 4 boys. We all sat in a big semi-circle on the floor. I explained that since I was studying to be a teacher, I had homework. They as a group were going to help me do an “experiment. I then showed them the Self-Science textbook and asked what the girl on the front cover was doing. They all realized that she was looking in a mirror. We discussed why she was looking in the mirror – that she was studying herself. We then came up with some definitions of “self” and “science”. I said that we were going to do an experiment from the textbook with the girl on the front cover but that before we started, we need to discuss a few basic rules and agree upon them. The rules were as follows: 1) no one could say “mean” things about anyone else; 2) no one had to talk – this was not a test; and 3) what was said should remain in the classroom. Several students asked if they could tell their parents about the experiment and I said that they could, as long as they didn’t use anyone’s names. They all agreed.
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I'm Soooo Offended!
Thursday, August 26 @ 09:25:00 PDT by kris (6494 reads) | MeghannMcIntyre writes "This lesson involved a senior AP English class. It followed a disturbing event for students and faculty alike: racial slurs in the halls. "
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Using Value Sort Cards with 8th Graders
Thursday, August 26 @ 09:05:00 PDT by kris (9920 reads) | SusanFrankel writes "A class of 8th grade students did the Value Sort Card exercise followed by extensive discussion. They did the excercise both individually and as a group. When working as a group they had a difficult time reaching a concensus and much preferred performing the exercise on their own. However, at the conclusion they agreed that it was a valuable and fun exercise."
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Privacy Blocks Experiment
Tuesday, August 17 @ 06:10:00 PDT by kris (5504 reads) | Kathy_Falciano writes "Overview
I wanted to look at the concepts of intimacy and trust and how it effects our disclosure patterns. This is a modification of lesson 26 in the book Self Science.
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Personal Mask Project
Tuesday, August 17 @ 05:15:00 PDT by kris (12879 reads) | Anon writes "Overview
This assignment will involve student participation in an expressive arts exercise to create a mask that reflects their outer life (the self they present to the world) and their inner life (the self that they tend to hide from the world). This is a special mask because it will be a realistic copy of your student’s faces.
Materials and Procedure
To make the mask, students should use a medical-cast type of material (a product called Rigid Wrap sold at Michael’s for $4.99. One package can be used for approximately six students.) After making the masks, students may paint or decorate the mask in any manner that they wish, as long as the decorations reflects something personal about their outer and inner life. In class, students will be required to share the outer self part of the mask in a group; however, sharing the inner self-part of the mask will be optional.
Cognitive Inquiry
1.) Ask students if they learned anything new about their inner selves.
2.) Ask students of they see a big difference between their inner selves and outer selves.
3.) Ask students what different situations do they display masks.
4.) Talk about how important it is to present to the world, the real you.
Journal Assignment
Students will reflect upon the mask project and make a list of their positive characteristics. Students will also be required to write about the inner part of their masks.
Variations
Since these masks are so life like, they make wonderful gifts for relatives. For Christmas, I am going to make one with my daughter and send it to her grandma back east.
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Time Diary Experiment
Tuesday, June 29 @ 12:00:00 PDT by kris (9520 reads) |  Anon writes "The objective of this study was to determine if young children could grasp the concept of time wasted. They were too young to create and maintain a time diary so we used a stopwatch and parental enthusiasm and direction to accomplish this test. Six children (4 girls and 2 boys) were each given a water squirt device (animal-like figures rather than guns) and told they had 5 minutes to play with the squirters. At the end of 5 minutes, the game would end and the squirters returned to the parents. However, selecting the squirter and filling it with the water was part of the time of the game. Also, every child had to have the squirter filled with water before anyone could begin to squirt another player."
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Personal Power
Wednesday, January 29 @ 14:44:57 PST by marsha (7914 reads) | kmp writes "I intoduced the concept of "approach" and "avoidance". "
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EQ Jeopardy
Wednesday, January 29 @ 14:34:54 PST by marsha (8033 reads) | jpaley writes "Looking for a lesson to get students to emote, reflect, and review domain knowledge? How about borrowing from a well-known game show?" Note: Six Seconds suggests making categories directly related to EQ skills and terminology
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The I Witness Experiment
Wednesday, January 29 @ 14:10:58 PST by marsha (5533 reads) | Brian writes "I asked my rather large family to participate in the "I Witness Experiment" which is part of lesson 22 in the Self-Science curriculum."
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Sharing Yourself-The One Minute Autobiography Experiement
Tuesday, November 26 @ 10:43:18 PST by kate (6867 reads) | Anon writes "This lesson was conducted with a first grade class made up of 8 students (4 girls and 4 boys). The class is made up of six and seven year olds of all different backgrounds.
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Me Picture Activity - Creates bonding and happines
Tuesday, November 26 @ 10:42:12 PST by kate (6504 reads) | gailsam writes "Me Picture Activity (LESSON 28: Nonverbal Disclosure) from the "Developing the Group" self science section.
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16 first graders act like robots at my command
Monday, November 18 @ 13:40:26 PST by kate (5624 reads) | DarrellWest writes "Developing Accountability: I used to Robot Experiment to discuss accountability and choice."
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Building Group
Monday, November 18 @ 13:35:52 PST by kate (5413 reads) | Anon writes "I wanted to work with my children and the neighborhood children on feelings and how the words we use and the way we express ourselves impacts other people. "
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A Mid-Morning Sunday Drama
Monday, November 18 @ 13:31:08 PST by kate (5549 reads) | Londapooh writes "I wanted to look at how well the children can identify their feelings. If they would be willing to reveal who they truly are inside.
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Telephone gossip Chain Experiment
Monday, November 18 @ 13:25:10 PST by kate (6124 reads) | amelia writes "In order to develop listening skills I initiated a controlled game of "telephone". The students were able to assess their abilities to listen critically."
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Lesson 14 Emotional Symbolism - Page 57
Monday, November 18 @ 13:20:39 PST by kate (5522 reads) | sue writes "I had a girl scout troop of 10 girls do a collage about emotions they felt inside. We used pictures to identify their emotions.
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Expressing Emotions Through Body Language
Monday, November 18 @ 13:15:39 PST by kate (6807 reads) | jamesyan writes "I asked my participants, all adults, to discuss their thoughts on nonverbal communication as well as participate in a quick game of charades."
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Recognizing the importance of feelings with the
Monday, November 18 @ 13:12:50 PST by kate (4424 reads) | sally writes "In my third grade class I used the idea of Lesson 28, The "Me" Picture Activity to discusse different feelings:happiness, sadness, excitement, loss, disappointment."
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Reasonable Choices -- Moon Lander
Monday, November 18 @ 13:09:47 PST by kate (5677 reads) | rschwartz writes "I presented a modified version of Self-Science lesson 52 because it ties in making reasonable choices with the particular subject matter I teach them…astronomy. I work with their regular teacher to design lessons that are more concrete than abstract."
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Setting the Stage for Self-Science
Thursday, October 31 @ 10:09:37 PST by kate (4982 reads) | I wanted to introduce my 2nd Grade class to the process of
Self-Science. We discussed what Self-Science might be and what we might gain from it.
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The Trust Thermometer- Basic Instructions From Self-Science
Wednesday, October 30 @ 16:19:18 PST by kate (4996 reads) | The Trust Thermometer is like a rating scale - it provides a quick check of
individuals and the group then leads to discussion.
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