Science
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?
Notice Wonder: Blood Falls
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
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.
Create A Creature
Create a new creature based on the adaptations of existing creatures from the same biome.
Engineering: Build A Bridge
Using real bridges as their starting point, students will construct bridges out of straws and paperclips.
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?
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?
Create A Civilization: The River
The Nile, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Seine, the Thames, and now... your river!
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!
Creating A Realistic Flower and Pollinator
Your students will create a new flower, designed to attract a specific pollinator.
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?
Not Like The Others: Creatures of the Tundra
Students will determine which creature of the tundra is not like the others.
Animal Adaptation Tournament
Which animal has the most interesting, most valuable, or strangest adaptations?
Tournament: 8 Wonders of the Solar System
Which location is the most wondrous place in the solar system?
Notice, Wonder: Climber
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
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.
Not Like The Others: US National Parks
Students will determine which US National Park is not like the others.
Concept Attainment: Hornet vs Tiger
Students will be working with examples and non-examples to arrive at the topic of invertebrates vs vertebrates.
Concept Attainment: Conductors
Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of electrical conductors!
Plant Adaptation Tournament
Who will win in a tournament of eight plants with Interesting adaptations!?
Not Like The Others: Stars
How is each of these stars not like the others?
Not Like The Others: Penguins
Students will determine which type of penguin is not like the others.
Habitable Planets and Moons Tournament
Which object in the solar system is most habitable?
How Renewable Is That Resource?
Which resource is more renewable? And which is easier to find?
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.
Tournament of Not-So-Famous Inventors
Which inventor and invention will win the tournament?
Notice, Wonder: The Cliff
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Precipitation Tournament
Eight types of precipitation battle it out in this tournament.
Notice, Wonder: Green Circles
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Not Like The Others: Types of Volcanoes
Which of these types of volcanoes is not like the others?
Notice, Wonder: A River
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: An Orange Thing
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Concept Attainment: Japan vs Jamaica
Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of archipelagos.
Natural Disasters Tournament
Who will win the tournament of Natural Disasters!?
Notice, Wonder: Akron
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Forest
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Not Like The Others: Types of Rocks
Which of these rocks is not like the others?
Notice, Wonder: Michael
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice Wonder: Turbine
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Not Like The Others: Birds of the Tropical Rainforest
Which of these four birds is not like the others?
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.
Not Like The Others: Snakes of the Rainforest
Students will determine which snake of the rainforest is not like the others.
Types of Energy Tournament
Which type of energy will win the tournament!?
Notice, Wonder: Etna
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Plateau
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Not Like The Others: Ants of the World!
Students will determine which type of ant is not like the others.
Not Like The Others: Types of Diseases
Students will determine which of these types of diseases is not like the others.
Notice Wonder: Electronics
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
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.
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?
Notice, Wonder – Critter
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
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: Guinea Pig vs Potbelly
Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of misnomers
Notice, Wonder: Swirls
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice Wonder: Z-Machine
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Not Like The Others: Flowers
Students will determine which flower is not like the others.
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.
Not Like The Others: Microorganisms
Students will determine which of these microorganisms is not like the others.
Notice, Wonder: Vortices
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Not Like The Others: Birds of the Desert
Students will determine which desert bird is not like the others.
Notice, Wonder: A House
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Sombrero
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Krzywy Las
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Bloom
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
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: Coral vs Water Lilies
Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Saltwater vs Freshwater Organisms.
Notice, Wonder: Silver Torch
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Skylight
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Witch’s Fingers
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Craters
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Kuiseb
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Scales
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: Barringer
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder: SLS Test
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
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.
Notice, Wonder: Butterball
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!
Notice, Wonder – Rosetta
A mysterious image. Slowly reveal it. Let your students wonder!