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The concept of RELIGION examines the role that religion plays in our world, using Big Understandings such as "Religion can be expressed through fulltime devotion (monks, nuns ) or merely as a personal belief or conviction" through to Essential Questions such as, "In what circumstances...

Stretch your students' thinking about important issues - like refugees, or prejudice..Take popular children's novels that incorporate timeless themes and use them as Blooms-based activities to stretch students' minds over literacy, social and environment studies, maths, art, and scien...

The concept of PROBABILITY versus IMPROBABILITY examines the values and uses of probability theory,involving finding patterms that are not always obvious and which enable predictions. Using Big Understandings such as "Choices in data collection can affect interpretation", "Probability...

The concept of PROBABILITY versus IMPROBABILITY examines the values and uses of probability theory,involving finding patterms that are not always obvious and which enable predictions. Using Big Understandings such as "Choices in data collection can affect interpretation", "Probability...

Best-selling companion to Creativity Starters, with thought-extending activities that result in eye (and brain)-catching posters for your walls. Extends lateral thinking with work sheets that are perfect for those spare few minutes, for home- or class-work challenges.Students can have a 5-10 minute...

The concept of DISASTERS examines the role that natural or human-made hazard play in negatively/positively affecting society or the environment, using Big Understandings such as "A man-made hazard involves a failure of some kind" through to Essential Questions such as, "What strategie...

Analogy-based worksheets that help students to learn and practice important critical thinking skills from the Essential Skills needed for real-world problem-solving. Including logical thinking, analysing, classifying and perceiving patterns and relationships (such as cause and effect). Also very eff...

Analogy-based worksheets that help students to learn and practice important critical thinking skills from the Essential Skills needed for real-world problem-solving. Including logical thinking, analysing, classifying and perceiving patterns and relationships (such as cause and effect). Also very eff...

At least 20 statements on each topic are given, to easily print out, cut apart and hand out for pairs or groups of students to discuss and then organise under the headings True, Need More Info, or False. Encourages lively and thoughtful class discussion and analytical higher-level thinking,similar t...

Help your students to make up their mind about various problem situations that commonly occur, such as Late For School; Friends; In trouble with parents; Put-Downs. Three sequential steps (Think Outside the Square, Underlying Problems, and Forming criteria) provide activities to show students (and a...

Thinking Treasures for Philosophical Thinking in the classroom! Provocative topics that really make students use all the thinking tools and strategies at their command. Rich Concepts include: Happiness; Choice; Ownership; Identity; and 10 more that lead students into thoughtful, guided discussion. S...

Very effective for vocabulary and creative thinking skills. These analogy-based worksheets will help your students to learn and practise important skills including logical thinking, classifying, analysing, perceiving patterns and relationships (such as cause and effect). Great for vocabulary,languag...

A resource that has surely stood the test of time! Check out the attached images- you'll find FREE printable copies of: Bloom's taxonomy, the original, with action verbs to start your activities with. Bloom's Planner #2 by ThinkShop's Jean Edwards- for early years, orfor beginnin...

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The concept of POETRY examines the role that poetry plays in our world, using Big Understandings such as "Poetry and prose are two sides of the same coin" and "There are many different kinds of poem" ,through to Essential Questions such as, "Why would writers choose to write...

The concept of SUSTAINABILITY examines the role that humans play in our environment, using Big Understandings such as "People should be educated about the reasons for using a range of environmentally-friendly packaging" through to Essential Questions such as, "What can each person do...

Please ensure FIRST that you can access the free video on YouTube HERE. Then buy this ebook, and you have a BRILLIANT UBD unit integrating the Key Competencies, higher level thinking, and Inquiry learning, all in one package. You do need either the free YouTube video, or your own DVD&hellip

SPACE (advanced version) examines the role that space plays in negatively/positively affecting society or the environment, using Big Understandings such as "Cultures use myths & legends to explain phenomena in their world," and "Both Inner and Outer Space have many commonalities a...

SPACE (intro) examines the role that space plays in our lives; how EXPLORATION has/can negatively/positively affect society or the environment, using Big Understandings such as "Both Earth and Outer Space have many unknowns yet to be explored and discovered," and "Is there another wor...

Ebook version of SCHOOL CAMP, intro version- years 7-12. Inquiry learning with Concepts (ILC).

INQUIRY LEARNING through Concepts. Advanced version. All the 'hard bits' done, and ready for you to personalise for your class! The concept of RULES examines the role that rules play in a community or a culture, using Big Understandings such as "People's values and knowledge dete...

The concept of RULES examines the role that rules play in a community or a culture, using Big Understandings such as "Rules are to protect people" through to Essential Questions such as, "When should children be able to make the rules?". PLUS a choice of creative thinking activit...

The concept of RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES examines the role that you and others play in a co-operative environment, using Big Understandings such as "Although we are individuals we need to consider other people's points of view to be part of a society or group", through to Essentia...