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TEKS ELA Standard: 1.6.G

evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance

Domesticated Animals Tournament
Domesticated Animals Tournament
Which domesticated animal will win the tournament?
Types of Energy Tournament
Types of Energy Tournament
Which type of energy will win the tournament!?
Natural Disasters Tournament
Natural Disasters Tournament
Who will win the tournament of Natural Disasters!?
Van Gogh Self-Portrait Tournament
Van Gogh Self-Portrait Tournament
Who will win the tournament of Van Gogh self-portraits!?
What Happens In Your Brain When You’re Worried or Afraid
What Happens In Your Brain When You’re Worried or Afraid
Allison Edwards explains how blood flow in your brain affects your decision-making
Discussing An Important Decision from History
Discussing An Important Decision from History
How would people with two different perspectives discuss a decision from history?
Chess Variant: Monster Chess
Chess Variant: Monster Chess
What if you had really weak chess pieces, but you could always move twice?
Exploration Technology Tournament
Exploration Technology Tournament
Which of these pieces of exploration technology is most important? Most underrated? Most long-lasting?
Tournament of Ancient Inventions
Tournament of Ancient Inventions
Which of these inventions of the ancient world is most influential? Least useful today? Most taken-for-granted?
Animal Adaptation Tournament
Animal Adaptation Tournament
Which animal has the most interesting, most valuable, or strangest adaptations?
Habitable Planets and Moons Tournament
Habitable Planets and Moons Tournament
Which object in the solar system is most habitable?
Tournament of Presidents
Tournament of Presidents
So who was the strangest of these eight presidents?
A Lunar Survival Mission
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?
How Renewable Is That Resource?
How Renewable Is That Resource?
Which resource is more renewable? And which is easier to find?
The Tournament of Biomes
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!
Investigating Christmas Trees
Investigating Christmas Trees
Students start with facts, then make groups, and then work with a single statement about Christmas Trees.
Content Imperatives: Contribuition
Content Imperatives: Contribuition
Ask students to consider how a specific factor is affecting (or ⏬ Contributing) to a topic.
Depth and Complexity: ⚖️ Ethics
Depth and Complexity: ⚖️ Ethics
Want to add drama to any topic? Use the Ethics prompt!
Depth and Complexity: 🏛️ Big Idea
Depth and Complexity: 🏛️ Big Idea
Let’s get students thinking big and focusing on more abstract ideas.
Depth and Complexity: 🌻 Details
Depth and Complexity: 🌻 Details
Get kids focusing on the small, but essential, details of a topic.
Intellectual Intensity
Intellectual Intensity
Do you know someone who becomes a bit overexcited by ideas?