Challenging Minds

Thinkercises (Level A: Grades 1-3) Ages 7-9The puzzles in this book are designed to help students improve their logical thinking and problem solving skills. These activity pages are perfect for "bell ringer" or anchor activities. Our cognitive abilities are brain-based skills we need to carry out any task, simple or complex. These abilities have more to do with how we learn, learn, remember, problem-solve and pay attention rather than actual knowledge. The problems in this book are also designed

A versatile lesson to introduce types of volcanoes and their eruptions! RESEARCH—Use the 30 Volcano Activity Card Outside Covers with the Inside Cover copied on the backside of each. Cut apart half-sheets and fold to fill in volcano information. Divide up cards between students or assign sets for groups of students. Present information. CLASSIFY & SORT— Use before, during and after researching information for trading cards. Distributing sets individually or in small groups to cut apart, student

This is the perfect companion resource to use with MIT's FREE "Scratch Creative Computing" online software and Curriculum Guide! This Design Journal is for student use in documenting, sketching, and brainstorming ideas and plans. The Design Journal is aligned to the Curriculum Guide available at http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/ct The Design Journal includes reflective prompt questions that accompany each projects included in the lessons for 5 units. The sixth unit of the Curriculum Guide is

This booklet set is a collection of individual ancient wonder Travel Guides. Each of these 4-page information booklets summarize the most important details surrounding the mystique and amazing contributions these cultures made to the world with their wonder. Each ancient wonder Travel Guide showcases the features and importance of each wonder, while highlighting the culture and place in history. **Use the travel guides as reference with current units you already have in place. **Use the Trave

Looking for an easy way to introduce some of the most fascinating leaders of ancient Egypt? Use these mini books as a class set or for individual task for students to begin a research project or presentation about Egypt’s kings and queens. Included are 22 famous kings and queens featured with images and data pages. Your Pharaoh’s Mini Books includes **two template formats for you to choose from - one page folded or two pages folded for more space to include additional information. **two temp

Brain Challenge Quiz #1 Exercise your mind and flex your mental muscles with 15 Mensa-style puzzles to test your powers of lateral thinking and problem solving! 2 WAYS TO USE:Print and distribute Student Copy PDF to use these puzzles as a warm-up activity or when you need some thinking puzzles to challenge your students. Brain Challenge Quiz 1 Student Copy (3 pages)Brain Challenge Quiz 1 PDF Copy with Answer Key Included (8 pages)Make an online quiz or a team building activity to quiz studen

Both formats included for printable or digital learning activities assigned through learning management softward like Canvas, Schoology, etc. For these introductory puzzle shapes, 10 of the 12 pentomino piece shapes can form puzzles that can be solved using only four of the pentomino pieces. Challenge your students to solve each one. There can be more than one solution in many of the puzzles! Versatile activities for warm-up brain teasers, early finisher folders, or learning centers! Emphasize t

5 Challenging Brain Teaser-Style Problem Solving Puzzles Digital download is a PDF document that includes PDF: Thinkercise Workouts Book #1— with Answer Key (15 pages) with links digital document copiesLink to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts Book 1 Student (6 slides)Link to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts Book 1 with Answer Slides (11 slides)Link to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts BLANK Template Student (6 slides)Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts B

This resource perfectly complements your instruction of Gardner’s 8 Multiple Intelligences and career studies! Extract these files from the ZIP folder download: · Multiple Intelligence & Career Paths PDF document (7 pages) · 5 Individual Multiple Intelligence & Career Path PDF pages for easy LMS integration or distribution Add Career Path & Cluster Posters and How Many Ways Am I Smart? Multiple Intelligences Bulletin Board Posters on Challenging Minds TPT store! Follow Challenging Min

Thinkercises (Level C: Grades 5-6) Set: Book 1 & Book 2Each 99 page book individual sells for $9.50 each or buy them both as a set to save $! For both books, additional files for links to Google Slides version and individual PDF copies of each Thinkercise are included for easy virtual learning integration! Perfect for challenging students during remote teaching or using learning management systems for instruction :) The puzzles in this book are designed to help students improve their logical th

Thinkercise Workouts Book #4 5 Challenging Brain Teaser-Style Problem Solving Puzzles Digital download is a PDF document that includes PDF: Thinkercise Workouts Book #4— with Answer Key (15 pages) with links digital document copiesLink to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts Book #4 Student (6 slides)Link to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts Book #4 with Answer Slides (11 slides)Link to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts BLANK Template Student (6 slides)Link to Googl

Thinkercise Workouts Book #2 5 Challenging Brain Teaser-Style Problem Solving Puzzles Digital download is a PDF document that includes PDF: Thinkercise Workouts Book #2— with Answer Key (15 pages) with links digital document copiesLink to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts Book #2 Student (6 slides)Link to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts Book #2 with Answer Slides (11 slides)Link to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts BLANK Template Student (6 slides)Link to Google

When using software or hands-on projects to demonstrate learning, elementary students struggle with developing quality products. Knowing how to write and receive constructive comments to improve learning is an important skill. Peer feedback is useful in guiding students towards improving the quality of work they develop and share with their peers. This one-page guide is an easy-to-use format that can be used as a handout or anchor chart for any research project! See other Challenging Minds! pr

Thinkercise Workouts Book #5 5 Challenging Brain Teaser-Style Problem Solving Puzzles Digital download is a PDF document that includes PDF: Thinkercise Workouts Book #5— with Answer Key (15 pages) with links digital document copiesLink to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts Book #5 Student (6 slides)Link to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts Book #5 with Answer Slides (11 slides)Link to Google Slide Document: Thinkercise Workouts BLANK Template Student (6 slides)Link to Google

Thinkercises (Level C2: Grades 5-6) Book 2Added additional files for links to Google Slides version and individual PDF copies of each Thinkercise for easy virtual learning integration! Perfect for challenging students during remote teaching :) The puzzles in this book are designed to help students improve their logical thinking and problem solving skills. These activity pages are perfect for "bell ringer" or anchor activities. Our cognitive abilities are brain-based skills we need to carry out a

Need kid-friendly resource guides to introduce the basics of Egypt Kingdom Eras, Capital Cities & Nome Regions, and Pharaohs to students? ***Incorporate these guide pages into a current unit as a supplemental resource or build your own learning activities around the information. Easily uploaded for Google Drive and Learning Management Systems for virtual teaching.*** This product is 11 pages of information just for you to use with students as a great introduction to your Ancient Egypt unit. T

A simple anchor chart visual that uses verb terms in place of thinking nouns with descriptors. In the revised taxonomy chart, the top two levels, creating and evaluating, have changed levels.