Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Why Sentience and Sapience
  • 2

    Lesson 1 - Activities

    • Self reflection

    • Videos - Activity

    • Exploring Nature - Activity 1
  • 3

    Lesson 2 - Anthromorphism, Anthropodenial and Anthropophobia

    • Aims and pedagogy

    • Anthropomorphism and Anthropodenial

    • Behaviourism

    • Anthropophobia

    • Reflections

    • EXPLORING NATURE: Activity 2
  • 4

    Lesson 3 - Are we really that different?

    • Aim and Pedagogy

    • Examining Consciousness

    • What about Emotions?

    • Reflections

    • Empathy - l

    • Empathy- II

    • Exploring Nature: Activity 3
  • 5

    Lesson 4 - Biology behind Animal Intelligence

    • Aim/ Pedagogy

    • Biology behind Animal Intelligence

    • Brain and Neuroscience

    • Evolution of Intelligence

    • Hormones

    • EXPLORING NATURE: Activity 4
  • 6

    Lesson 5 - Umwelt

    • Aim/ Pedagogy

    • Uexküll and Umwelt

    • The Underlying Question

    • Reflections/ Engagement

    • EXPLORING NATURE: Activity 5
  • 7

    Lesson 6 - Magic Wells - The Extraordinary Design of Bats

    • Aim and pedagogy

    • Animal Cognition and Magic Wells

    • Design and Planning

    • The Engineering Problem

    • The Next Problem

    • The Most Difficult Problem

    • What is it like to be a bat?

    • EXPLORING NATURE: Activity 6
  • 8

    Lesson 7 - A peep into the wonderful unknown world of Fungi

    • Aims and pedagogy

    • Fungi

    • Hyphae and Mycelium

    • Zombie Fungi

    • Lichens

    • Climate Change and Fungi

    • Mycoheterotrophs

    • Mycorrhiza

    • Reflections
  • 9

    Lesson 8 - Tool Making in Animals

    • Aims and pedagogy

    • Introduction and Narration

    • Elephants

    • Insects

    • Primates

    • Birds

    • Reflection

    • EXPLORE NATURE: Activity No:7
  • 10

    Lesson 9 - Plant Intelligence

    • Introduction

    • Plant Behaviour and Intelligence – Part 1

    • Plant Behaviour and Intelligence – Part 2

    • Stress

    • Smell

    • Exploring Nature

    • Reflections
  • 11

    Lesson 10 - Migration

    • Arctic Tern

    • Eels

    • EXPLORING NATURE
  • 12

    Lesson 12 - Home Making

    • INTRODUCTION AND THE DIGGERS

    • THE TAILORS, WEAVERS AND INCUBATORS

    • MOLDERS, POTTERS AND MUD WORKERS

    • TERMITES

    • EXPLORING NATURE
  • 13

    Lesson 13- PLEASURE IN ANIMALS

    • Survival of the Happiest

    • Play

    • FOOD

    • TOUCH

    • PLEASURE AND ITS MORAL SIGNIFICANCE