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Use To:
Randomizeconcepts andconnections Play Games
ThinkingStrategies Toolkit
No Wrong Answers
Useful Thinking Equipment
Dice - 2 different coloured sets 6 in each set
Playing Cards 2 different colours or size sets
Small Soft Balls x 2
Spinners
Highlighters a variety of colours
Post-its a variety of colours
Some REALLY Useful Websites
www.thinkingschool.co.uk/resources
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A Little Experiment
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Write the alphabet down the margin of thepage.
Compile a list of words from A - Z which have relevance to
a given topic or category. Fill in as many letters aspossible.
E.g. John Steinbecks Of Mice and MenThe last 2 Maths topics studiedOrchestral Music
Complete individually, in pairs or groups.
Do you have some the same and some different? Does
different mean wrong?
The group who have completed most in the fastest time toread out their list - have other students challenge if theythink a word doesnt fit, or is particularly weak.
Students/groups choose a Golden Idea one unique tothe group students to explain connection.What if you were only allowed to have one entry per letter whichone would you choose? Why?
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Alphabet Antics
Thinking Keys
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Which one of your responses do you think shows reallysecure knowledge?
Are there any letters you couldnt fill? Were thesecommon to the class? Why? Why not?
(A Z Key)
How many ways can youcontinue
the sequence?
Red, Cezanne, Meatballs5
Whats U Next?
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Pudding, Pontius Pilate, Parrot
Spiderman, Othello, Saladin
Tea, Coffee, Milk
(Forced Relationship, Commonality and
Prediction Keys)
Choose one word from your current area
of study go on the Oneword or another
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One Minute Muse
Magnetism and
Oneword.com
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word generator site for another, randomlyassigned word.
Write for one minute, making as manyconnections as you can.
(Forced Relationship & Commonality Keys)
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Six Degrees of
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Choose a specific aspect of study and somethingseemingly unrelated use 6 steps to get from thefirst to the last idea justifying your connectionsand reasons.
(Forced Relationship & Commonality Keys)
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What Would MacGyver
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How would Henry VIII
Moses
Lady Macbeth
Solve / adapt / respond to
The suffragette movement?
Romeos suicide?
Global warming?9
Odd One OutWith no clear OOO
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Which one is the odd one outand why?
(Forced Relationship & Commonality Keys)
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Fur
Chimp
Ranso
Toothpas
I Am Like
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(Person, Object,Concept)
A Jellyfish
The Perfect TenseAn Oxbow Lake
An Equilateral Triangle
An inert Gas
Because
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Would You Rather
Be triangle,a circle or aparallelogra
m?
Why?
Jugglejavelin or
discus?
Why?
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Forward Thinking
Could you havea shape that haselements of all 3?
What would you
call it?
What could you
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Combine thefeatures of bothto create a newpiece of sportingequipment
(Combination, BAR & Alternative
Uses Key)
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(The Alternatives Key)
TheReverse
Key
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Imaginarium
How manyways can
you:
Shoot anetballwithoutlooking
Make a cakewithout amixing bowl
Paint apicturewithout apaintbrush
Other Thinking Keys
Places words such as cannot, neveretc. in sentences.
E.g. List things you would never see inHong Kong. Asks What if questions.
E.g. What if dogs could drive?
Develops creative, out of the
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The What If Key
The Question Key
The PictureKey
TheRidiculous
Key
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Suppose XYZ is the answer; listfive questions thatlead to thesame answer.
Practices alternative
Truth
Draw a simple image/diagram/symbolto represent XYZ
Activates both sides of the brain,validates different learnin st les.
Making the most ridiculous
suggestions because they mightjust work!
Stimulates creativity and making
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Other Thinking
SCAMPER
SubstituteCombineAdapt
ModifyPut to otherpurposes
EliminateRearrange/rever
8Ways Thinking
SoundsPeople
WordsEmotions
ActionsNature
How
Why
Who
What
When
Bums
on a
Bench
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Questioning
Activity 1
Forecast, with justifications, Rajs costsfor running the company next year.
What other factors might affect thebudget for next year?
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Activity 2
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What other things might Pedro need toconsider when planning the timings of
Design a schedule for Pedro, considering
any contingency plans he may need.
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How could you help Emma decide whether sheshould accept or reject Gavins claim that itwill take them nearly 16 years of renting out
the flats to get back all the money they have
What questions could Gavin and Emma haveposed each other when making their
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