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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 new creature based on the adaptations of existing creatures from the same biome.
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.
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Which location is the most wondrous place in the solar system?
Two columns. One is an example, one isn’t. Can you figure out the hidden rule before the big reveal?
Using real bridges as their starting point, students will construct bridges out of straws and paperclips.
Eight types of precipitation battle it out in this tournament.
Which type of energy will win the tournament!?
Four rainforest snakes. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
What would an igneous rock be like? Would it get along with a sedimentary rock? Could they handle the hot personality of a metamorphic rock?
Let’s look at Kinetic vs Potential Energy!
Earthquake vs. hurricane. Tsunami vs. wildfire. Students set the criteria, argue their case, and crown a champion. Warning: it gets heated.
How is each of the states of matter not like the others?
Which of these rainforests is not like the others?
Which object in the solar system is most habitable?
Which inventor and invention will win the tournament?
Four clues and one hidden science word. Then students write riddles of their own.
Four cephalopods. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
Which parts of a cell serve a similar job to the parts of a cruise ship, human body, computer, or other system?
Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic — and one that doesn’t fit. But which one? Depends on your argument.
Students write from the point of view of the most under-appreciated planet.
Earth’s layers will disagree about which one contributes the most to the planet’s success.
Which resource is more renewable? And which is easier to find?
Four diseases. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
Is it an island or an archipelago?
Four tundra creatures. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
Four microorganisms. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
Four natural disasters. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
