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A Lunar Survival Mission

A favorite of mine! This task is delightfully complex and ambiguous, forcing students to make choices without enough information and with no right answer. How will they survive on the moon for three days?

Create A Creature

Create a new creature based on the adaptations of existing creatures from the same biome.

Not Like The Others: Planets

Which of these planets is not like others? Well, it sure looks simple at first. But each option could be the one that doesn’t fit in.

Notice, Wonder: Blood Falls

A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!

Engineering: Build A Bridge

Using real bridges as their starting point, students will construct bridges out of straws and paperclips.

Not Like The Others: Types of Rocks

Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic — and one that doesn’t fit. But which one? Depends on your argument.

Notice, Wonder: Fountain

A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!

What’s In My Brain: Lion vs Bear

Two columns. One is an example, one isn’t. Can you figure out the hidden rule before the big reveal?

Notice, Wonder: Craters

A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!

Notice, Wonder: Forest

A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!

Not Like The Others: Creatures of the Tundra

Four tundra creatures. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.

What’s In My Brain: Inventions vs Discovery

Two columns. One is an example, one isn’t. Can you figure out the hidden rule before the big reveal?

Not Like The Others: Types of Diseases

Four diseases. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.

Notice, Wonder: Critter

A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!

What’s In My Brain!? Japan vs Jamaica

Is it an island or an archipelago?

How Renewable Is That Resource?

Which resource is more renewable? And which is easier to find?

Notice, Wonder: Witch’s Fingers

A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!

The Tournament of Biomes

Want to move beyond memorizing the characteristics of biomes? In this lesson, students work through a Tournament of Biomes, explaining which biome wins in each round (based on criteria you choose). In the end, they crown a 👑 Champion Biome!