Playlist: Bookmarks
Dinosaur Optical Illusion
Why does this dinosaur keep looking at me…
Not Like The Others: Flowers
Four flowers. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
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: Ball vs Book
Let’s look at Kinetic vs Potential Energy!
Types of Energy Tournament
Which type of energy will win the tournament!?
Categorize and Re-Categorize Animals
Put these animals into groups. Then do it again. Then… do it one more time. How does re-re-grouping the same creatures reveal new patterns and give new insights?
What’s In My Brain!? Gold vs Wood
Some of these examples are conductors and some are insulators!
Introducing Universal Theme of Systems
So what could you do with a Universal Theme of Systems? Well, here’s an introduction that will get your students’ brains sweating.
Precipitation Tournament
Eight types of precipitation battle it out in this tournament.
Habitable Planets and Moons Tournament
Which object in the solar system is most habitable?
Not Like The Others: Types of Rocks
Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic — and one that doesn’t fit. But which one? Depends on your argument.
Not Like The Others: Stars
How is each of these stars not like the others?
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?
Not Like The Others: States of Matter
How is each of the states of matter 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 each option could be the one that doesn’t fit in.
Engineering: Build A Bridge
Using real bridges as their starting point, students will construct bridges out of straws and paperclips.