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Blank Coat-of-Arms Worksheet
Open-ended art projects are great for allowing students to use what they've learned to create something original. This is a printable worksheet the class can use to create their own Coat of Arms. Have them incorporate what they've...
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Governance
Second graders practice decision making. For this government lesson students role play making different types of decisions. They discuss how decisions affect life. The Great Binding Law of the Iroquois Confederacy is used as a focus.
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Governance
Third graders participate in decision-making situations. In this social studies lesson students make connections between rules and laws and the purposes for those rules and laws. Students use critical and creative thinking skills to...
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Create an Alien Life Form
In this creative writing worksheet, students answer a series of questions about an alien they imagine. There are also other pre-writing exercises about historical figures, monuments, a zoo, and other topics designed to aid in the...
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The Use of Substitution As a Creative Thinking Tool
Young scholars practice using substitution as a creative way of thinking about writing and try to substitute song lyrics, food items, rhythm movements and more. For this substitution lesson plan, students create a new candy, and create...
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The Fishing Pole Problem
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders use algebra to solve a word problem related to fishing. They figure out how to get a boy home form his fishing trip as their are restrictions as to what he can take on the bus. There is an answer key.
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This Man's Father
In this online worksheet, students solve 1 creative thinking problem, where they determine who a man's father is given specific information. A solution is available.
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SCIENCE ROLE PLAYS
Pupils create a play in which each person in the group is a "character" or part of a system. In this creative instructional activity students are assigned a process in which they write a script about with characters.
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Tool Shop
Young scholars learn how tools help us accomplish things. In this tool discovery lesson, students review the function of tools. They then make a class chart and categorize different types of tools found in the classroom. Finally, they...
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Great Books
In this literature worksheet, students identify and name their twelve favorite books. There are twelve blank lines to write their favorites and why they selected each one.
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. . .And the Answer is
Learners appreciate creative thinking and that some situations have more than one answer.
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An Irritiating Creature - a poetry lesson
Students think about and evaluate the meaning of a poem. It also encourages students to be original and creative in their thinking as they read, analyze and illustrate their story.
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Proverb Puzzle
In this proverbs worksheet, students uncover popular proverbs by solving letter puzzles. Each important word in a proverb is replace by its initial letters.
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Roman Numeral Trick
Eleventh graders rewrite given clues to help them solve a riddle. They try to figure out a word using the Roman Numeral Trick. An answer key is provided.
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Solving the following Cryptarithm
In this algebra worksheet, students solve a cryptarithm by deciphering a word problem and finding out how many potential solutions the puzzle has. There is 1 question with an answer key. This would be a great Algebra warm up problem.
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KinderArt Drawing for Kids
Students illustrate a creative adventure idea. For this arts and crafts lesson, students design drawings based on where they would like to go for an adventure. Before creating their illustrations, students brainstorm the method of...
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Time Capsule
In this creative thinking activity, students identify and describe ten objects that they would put into a time capsule that people would open in another century. They also draw their time capsule.
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String of Dots
You are Wilbur and your partner is Orville.The winner of this game gets to make the first flight in the Wright Flyer.
Develop a stratgegy for this one.Make a string of 15 to 30 dots. With a partner take turns crossing them off either...
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Which Age?
Students recall time and place of objects. The National Aviation Hall of Fame is set up in six ages: The Early Years, WWI, the Golden Years, WWII, the Jet Age, and the Space Age. Use this activity for a review of the NAHF after the tour....
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Introduction to Creative Thinking and Dr. de Bono's Thinking Methods
Students become more familiar with the setting of the instructional activity. They know who Dr. de Bono is and what he invented. Students know the lessons ground rules. They have sparked their creativity to be stimulated.
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A Tacky Cheer
Second graders make predictions, copy cheers, and make inferences as they read a story about an odd bird and his awkward attempts to help his fellow penguins win a cheering contest.
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From Now On: Filling the Tool Box
Dr. Jamie McKenzie offers this comprehensive look at how to help students develop questioning skills. Practical suggestions for how to implement the ideas are also included.
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Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Lessons Library
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists publish simple, inventive lesson plans and ideas for classes in editorial cartooning, caption writing, and news analysis. Lessons include "cartoon blanks" that...
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Claes Oldenburg: Coosje Van Bruggen, Pop Artists
Discusses the artistic partnership of Oldenburg and Van Bruggen and the "Pop," art style, blending of painting, sculpture and architecture. Also discusses the relationship of geography and art objects and the creative process. Links to...