Science

Tournament of Not-So-Famous Inventors

Which inventor and invention will win the tournament?

Not Like The Others: Rivers

Students will determine which river is not like the others.

Not Like The Others: Cephalopods

Students will determine which cephalopod is not like the others.

Not Like The Others: Flowers

Students will determine which flower is not like the others.

A System Similar to a Cell

Which parts of a cell serve a similar job to the parts of a cruise ship, human body, computer, or other system?

What’s In My Brain: Coral vs Water Lilies

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Saltwater vs Freshwater Organisms.

What’s In My Brain: Tree vs Tree

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Deciduous vs Coniferous.

What’s In My Brain: Ball vs Book

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Kinetic vs Potential Energy.

What’s In My Brain: Crocodile vs Tree Frog

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Reptiles vs Amphibians.

What’s In My Brain: Narwhal vs Penguin

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Arctic vs Antarctic.

Types of Energy Tournament

Which type of energy will win the tournament!?

Natural Disasters Tournament

Who will win the tournament of Natural Disasters!?

Concept Attainment: Japan vs Jamaica

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of archipelagos.

Not Like The Others: US National Parks

Students will determine which US National Park is not like the others.

Concept Attainment: Conductors

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of electrical conductors!

Concept Attainment: Walnut vs Clouds

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to arrive at the topic of living vs non-living things.

Concept Attainment: Hornet vs Tiger

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to arrive at the topic of invertebrates vs vertebrates.

Not Like The Others: Types of Diseases

Students will determine which of these types of diseases is not like the others.

Not Like The Others: Birds of the Desert

Students will determine which desert bird is not like the others.

Not Like The Others: Penguins

Students will determine which type of penguin is not like the others.

Not Like The Others: Microorganisms

Students will determine which of these microorganisms is not like the others.

Plant Adaptation Tournament

Who will win in a tournament of eight plants with Interesting adaptations!?

Tournament: 8 Wonders of the Solar System

Which location is the most wondrous place in the solar system?

Not Like The Others: Ants of the World!

Students will determine which type of ant is not like the others.

Precipitation Tournament

Eight types of precipitation battle it out in this tournament.

Animal Adaptation Tournament

Which animal has the most interesting, most valuable, or strangest adaptations?

Habitable Planets and Moons Tournament

Which object in the solar system is most habitable?

Not Like The Others: Types of Volcanoes

Which of these types of volcanoes is not like the others?

Not Like The Others: Types of Rocks

Which of these rocks is not like the others?

Not Like The Others: Snakes of the Rainforest

Students will determine which snake of the rainforest is not like the others.

Not Like The Others: Deserts

Which of these deserts is not like the others?

Not Like The Others: Rainforests

Which of these rainforests is not like the others?

Not Like The Others: Stars

How is each of these stars not like the others?

Not Like The Others: Birds of the Tropical Rainforest

Which of these four birds is not like the others?

What’s In My Brain: Owl vs Eagle

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of nocturnal vs diurnal animals.

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?

The Pros and Cons of Producers and Consumers

Sure, students might know the difference between a producer and a consumer… but have they considered how they feel about each other? What, in a producer's opinion, are the pros and cons of a consumer?

Not Like The Others: Natural Disasters

Students will determine which type of natural disaster is not like the others.

Not Like The Others: States of Matter

How is each of the states of matter not like the others?

How Renewable Is That Resource?

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

Not Like The Others: Creatures of the Tundra

Students will determine which creature of the tundra is not like the others.

Not Like The Others: Planets

Which of these planets is not like others? Well, it sure looks simple at first. But quickly, you start to realize… there's more to it than you thought. Each option could be the one that doesn't fit in.

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!

The Personalities of Rocks

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?

Create A Civilization: The River

Part 2 of Create A Civilization

The Nile, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Seine, the Thames, and now... your river!

Creating A Realistic Flower and Pollinator

Your students will create a new flower, designed to attract a specific pollinator.

Create A Creature

Move the typical biome study way up Bloom's Taxonomy and have students create their own extinct creature featuring realistic adaptations based on plants and animals that actually live in the biome. Bonus task? Classify it into the appropriate kingdom, phylum, class, and so on!

Engineering: Build A Bridge

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