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

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

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

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.