Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Critical Thinking Rubric (Non Ccss)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in being effective critical thinkers in various phases of a project, and can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is not...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Critical Thinking Rubric (Ccss Aligned)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in being effective critical thinkers in various phases of a project, and can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS in ELA is...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Critical Thinking Rubric (Non Ccss)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 3-5 in being effective critical thinkers in various phases of a project, and can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is not...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Critical Thinking Rubric (Ccss Aligned)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 3-5 in being effective critical thinkers in various phases of a project, and can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS in ELA is...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: K 2 Critical Thinking Rubric
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades K-2 in being effective critical thinkers in a project, and can be used to assess their performance. It is aligned with CCSS, but also can be used in...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: How Do You Know? An Introduction to Critical Thinking
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the concept of critical thinking straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive lesson. [3:09]
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Chapter 4: Labor and Financial Markets: Problems
This section provides a list of six problems to solve pertaining to labor and financial markets.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Curriculum and Resources
A collection of curriculum resources that are in written and video form. A variety of topics and grade levels covered.
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ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: What Is the Story of the Word Problem? [Pdf]
This lesson plan will assist students in visualizing and solving situations presented in word problems.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Mona Mesa: What Is Your Opinion? [Pdf]
In this lesson, 1st graders look at a print of "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo DaVinci and talk about what they see, searching for visual clues to help them form an opinion. They discuss the importance of portrait paintings during the...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: My Sound Is the Best! [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will use music as an impetus for stating and supporting opinions. They will compose an opinion poster based on a narrative about a train using percussion instruments. This will involve group work which can lead...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Module K: Shapes
For this series of STEAM activities, students will discover the concepts of geometry through shape exploration and the creation of choreographic sequences. Another activity in this module will allow students to identify shapes by...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Self Portraits With the Touch of a Finger [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Self Portrait Collage [Pdf]
For this lesson, students look at how non-human images can be used in a self-portrait to portray aspects of a personality.
Other
Doha Debates: Systems Thinking
An 8-lesson module on the systems thinking mindset and how it can be applied to solve complex problems. Includes downloadable lesson plans.
Other
Interaction Design Foundation: What Is a Wicked Problem and How Can You Solve It?
Have you ever come across a problem so complex that you struggled to know where to start? Then you have stumbled upon a wicked problem. While these problems may not have a definite solution, there are certainly things you can do to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Alma's Way: Think It Through
As Alma learns about families, friendships, and communities, she discovers that sometimes challenges and conflicts arise. In those moments, Alma stops and "thinks through" the situation. Then, she knows what to do! Support critical...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Critical Thinking: Why Is It So Hard to Teach?
Learning critical thinking skills can only take a student so far. Critical thinking depends on knowing relevant content very well and thinking about it, repeatedly. Here are five strategies, consistent with the research, to help bring...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Changing Transportation Routes [Pdf]
"Changing Transportation Routes" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about how the problem of public transportation could be solved through the process of surveying the community, developing a workable solution, and presenting it...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Counterfeit Coin Riddle?
You're the realm's greatest mathematician, but ever since you criticized the Emperor's tax laws, you've been locked in the dungeon. Luckily for you, one of the Emperor's governors has been convicted of paying his taxes with a counterfeit...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How High Can You Count on Your Fingers? Spoiler:much Higher Than 10
How high can you count on your fingers? It seems like a question with an obvious answer. After all, most of us have ten fingers- or to be more precise, eight fingers and two thumbs. This gives us a total of ten digits on our two hands,...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Airplane Riddle?
Professor Fukano, the famous scientist, has embarked on a new challenge - piloting around the world in a plane of his own design. There's just one problem: there's not enough fuel to complete the journey. Luckily, there are two other...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the River Crossing Riddle?
As a wildfire rages through the grasslands, three lions and three wildebeest flee for their lives. To escape the inferno, they must cross over to the left bank of a crocodile-infested river. Can you help them figure out how to get across...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Prisoner Boxes Riddle?
Your favorite band is great at playing music but not so great at being organized. They keep misplacing their instrucments on tour.