本周，我们将探索“复利效应”的概念，帮助孩子们理解早期小决策如何在游戏和现实生活中带来重大影响。学生将通过游戏Proxima和讨论课程“外星伦理”进行深度学习。此外，本周还为孩子们准备了新的数学课程，通过趣味性的“十倍魔法”和“奇数点球”帮助他们掌握乘法和除法的概念。
This week, we will delve into the concept of “compounding effects,” helping children understand how small decisions early on can lead to significant impacts in both games and real life. Students will engage deeply through the game Proxima and the discussion session “Alien Ethics.” Additionally, new math lessons are available, featuring the fun and educational “Ten Times the Magic” and “Odd Dot Out” to help them grasp multiplication and division concepts.
游戏 | Play
比邻星 | Proxima
详情 | Details
在接下来的两周内，学生们将玩Proxima，这是一款探索太空的游戏，同时也探索复利效应的概念：游戏早期的微小决策如何导致后期的重大影响？本周是练习周：没有奖杯的竞争。相反，团队将合作得分，同时防御共同的对手——枯萎病。然而，下周将是团队对团队的环境，这意味着也会有团队层面的复利效应：本周早期的团队建设如何导致下周更强的团队凝聚力？
For the next two weeks, students will be working with Proxima, a game of space exploration that also explores the concept of compounding effects: how do small decisions early on in the game lead to major impacts later in the game? This week is practice: there are no trophies on the line. Instead, teams will work together to gain points while also defending against a common opponent — the blight. Next week, however, will be a team vs. team environment, which means there are also team-based compounding effects: how does team-building early on this week lead to stronger team cohesion next week?
游戏：比邻星
场景：6个地图
模式：⚪竞争 🟢合作
主要技能：
协调
复利效应
GAME: Proxima
SCENARIO: 6 maps
MODE: ⚪Competitive 🟢Collaborative
PRIMARY SKILLS:
Coordination
Compounding Effects
反思 | Post-play
以下是一些后续反思问题，如果您希望与您的孩子讨论这次经历的话。
Here are some follow-up reflection questions, in case you’d like to discuss the experience with your child.
- Proxima所需的团队合作类型是否与Polis所需的团队合作类型相同？为什么？
Is the type of teamwork needed for Proxima the same type of teamwork needed for Polis? Why or why not? - 同意或不同意：早期的小决策会导致后期的重大后果。为什么？
Agree or disagree: making small decisions early lead to big consequences later. Why?
任务简报 | Mission Brief
讨论 | Discussions
外星伦理 | Alien Ethics
我们的“外星伦理”课程挑战学生在与外星生命互动时检视他们的道德和行动。受热门科幻作品（以及Proxima中的枯萎病）的启发，每个情景都会引发关于疾病、智慧和共存的问题。我们应该如何应对这些深刻的可能性？这里没有正确或错误的答案——只是与来自世界各地的孩子们进行有趣的对话。
Our session on “Alien Ethics” challenges students to examine their morals and actions when interacting with extraterrestrial life. Inspired by popular science fiction works (and by the blight in Proxima), each scenario provokes questions about disease, intelligence, and coexistence. How should we respond to these profound possibilities? No right or wrong answers here — just interesting conversations with kids from around the world.
讨论介绍 | Discussion Intro
导师 | Tutor
新课程 | New Lesson
十倍魔法 | Ten Times the Magic
用10乘以整数很简单：只需在数字末尾加一个0。但为什么会这样呢？在“爆炸点”机器的帮助下，您的学生将发现答案，这个技巧的魔力将被揭示。他们不需要记住它，因为他们会理解它。“十倍魔法”可以在乘法和除法单元中找到。
Multiplying whole numbers by 10 is easy: just tack a 0 onto the end of the number. But why does that work? With the help of the Exploding Dots machine your student will discover the answer and the magic of this trick will be revealed. They will never have to memorize it because they will understand it. “Ten Times the Magic” can be found in the Multiplication and Division Unit.
奇数点球 | Odd Dot Out
Tutor从主持点派对转为主持点球比赛。但由于Tutor有许多点朋友，为这场比赛组成均等的队伍可能并不容易。那么当我们不能再均分时会发生什么呢？在“奇数点球”中，这些额外的点为我们通常简单的除法问题增加了一个有趣的皱纹。我们如何处理这些讨厌的剩余点呢？您的学生将在探索可除性和余数概念的过程中找到答案，这可以在乘法和除法单元中找到。
The Tutor has gone from hosting Dot Parties to hosting a game of Dot Ball. But with all of the Tutor’s many dot friends, it may not be so easy to make even teams for this game. So what happens when we can no longer divide evenly? In Odd Dot Out, these extra dots add an interesting wrinkle to our usually straightforward division problems. How do we deal with these pesky remaining dots? Your student will find out by exploring the concepts of divisibility and remainder in Odd Dot Out which can be found in the Multiplication and Division Unit.
