Students will determine what makes a hero a hero.
Students will judge with criteria to decide which mythological creature is the winner.
Students will judge with criteria to decide which domesticated animal is the champion.
Students will analyze word parts with the same meaning across multiple languages.
First, students pick a handful of languages and use Google Translate to understand how those languages make a word into its opposite.
Then, students note patterns and investigate how other languages make “person who” words.
After noting another round of patterns, students can pick their own word parts to investigate in the other languages.
After categorizing existing structures and evaluating which structure best represents its category, students will design their own structure that fits one of their categories.
Students will make a list of famous structures from around the world, representing all continents.
They’ll group those structures into 3 to 5 categories based on any characteristic they’d like (except location!).
After naming their groups from last time, students will pick one winning structure from each group that best represents that group.
Finally, students will pick a single winning structure and design a new structure that they think will outdo the current winner.
Students will judge with criteria and decide which of these eight wonders deserves to become the Eighth Wonder of the World.
Students will judge with criteria and determine which of these pieces of exploration technology wins the tournament.
Students work through a tournament to determine which of these inventions is most influential? Least useful today? Most taken-for-granted?