All Practices | Greater Good In Education

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Teenage students learning in classroom

Building Collaborative Classroom Norms

Students co-create norms to foster a safe and welcoming class environment

Middle School, High School

A smiling black boy showing dancing with classmates

We Are Better (Dancing) Together

Experience awe and social connection through simple movements or dance

PreK/Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School

white person's hand touching an ammonite print on a stone

Mindfully Finding Awe In Nature

Students experience awe and create meaning when mindfully focusing their attention on nature.

Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School

Latinx teen cheerfully photographing plants in his garden with smartphone

Finding Wonder through Art in Community

Tune into your sense of awe by slowing down and being receptive to your surroundings.

High School, College

La Sagrada Familia, the unrealistic cathedral designed by Gaudi

Finding Awe in Visual Design

Spark creativity and curiosity in students through inspiring works of art.

Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School

Multiracial group of young people volunteer to plant vegetables in community garden

Transforming Challenges into Meaningful Pursuits

Use awe to inspire solutions to challenges.

Middle School, High School, College

Extreme close up of thrashing ocean waves

Sparking Discovery Through Awe

Using awe to encourage wonder about all topics and openness to each other’s thoughts and ideas.

Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School

Blurred shadow of female hand and branch of Christmas tree

Wabi-Sabi: Finding Beauty in the Cycles of Life

Students contemplate how the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi is related to life cycles in nature.

Middle School, High School

Firefighter carrying little boy after successful rescue operation

Inspiring Virtue with Moral Beauty

Students reflect on examples of the goodness of humanity.

Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School

four stones painted with mandalas

Awe Is All Around Us

Experience awe through visual design.

PreK/Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School

Small blue box tied with gold ribbon on yellow background

Life is a Gift

Foster our shared humanity by reflecting on the human life cycle.

High School, College, Adult

Young woman drinking from a mug and working at home

My Story of Meaning

Inspire awe when reflecting on your life journey

Man silhouette standing in mountain landscape with fog and moody sky. Texture dark digital painting, 3D rendering

Seeking Connection to Vastness

Foster well-being and connection by contemplating the magnitude of the universe.

Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College, Adult

Woman writing in a journal while sitting in a field

A Nature Awe Journal

Foster well-being and inspiration through nature

Middle School, High School, College, Adult

Thoughtful asian schoolgirl standing while holding a book and looking sideways. Isolated on white background.

Encouraging Awe and Wonder Through Questioning

Broaden students’ thinking about a topic or skill, sparking curiosity, creativity, humility, and open-mindedness

PreK/Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School

Diverse group of adults talking outside.

Discovering Meaning Through Awe

Cultivate well-being and meaning through an experience of awe

Two happy diverse girls college friends studying together in campus

Finding Meaning Through Awe

Students discover what is meaningful to them and how it connects to their learning.

Middle School, High School, College

Notebook with mindmap drawn on it; six various colored bubbles coming out from a center bubble.

An AWE-some Mind-Map Practice

Expand students’ thinking through awe

Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College