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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!
Two columns. One is an example, one isn’t. Can you figure out the hidden rule before the big reveal?
Your students will create a new flower, designed to attract a specific pollinator.
Four rivers. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
Is it a reptile or an amphibian?
Let’s look at living vs non-living things.
Which of these deserts is not like the others?
Who will win in a tournament of eight plants with Interesting adaptations!?
Four clues and one hidden science word. Then students write riddles of their own.
Four desert birds. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
The Nile, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Seine, the Thames, and now… your river!
How is each of these stars not like the others?
Some of these examples are conductors and some are insulators!
Four US national parks. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
Students write from the point of view of the most under-appreciated planet.
Let’s look at saltwater vs freshwater organisms.
Earth’s layers will disagree about which one contributes the most to the planet’s success.
Using real bridges as their starting point, students will construct bridges out of straws and paperclips.
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?
Four ants from around the world. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
Some of these animals are nocturnal and some are diurnal.
