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School Journal Part 1, Number 4, 2003
Learning Media Ltd, Wellington, NZ |
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This contract contains activities for each of the Thinker's Keys [What is this?] listed in the table below. The activities are all based on the NZ School Journal Part 1, Number 4, 2003. Keep track of the activities you have completed by ticking each activity off as you go. You must do 12 of the listed activities.
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| [1] B.A.R. Key |
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B.A.R. running shoes (like the one in the story, "Fast Feet").
B - Make one part bigger Draw your new design and include appropriate explanations/descriptions. |
| [2] VARIATIONS Key [What is this?] |
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How many ways can you use a huge open hole like the one in the article, "Digging for Gold"?
Write and/or draw (and label/caption) TWELVE quality ideas. |
| [3] DIFFERENT USES Key [What is this?] |
| List up to SEVEN different ways you could use a bar of silver (as in the article, "Digging for Gold") in a school? |
| [4] QUESTIONS Key [What is this?] |
| Write SEVEN quality questions to which "gold" is the answer. |
| [5] INTERPRETATIONS Key |
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After a running race, one of the runners is found crying.
Give SEVEN possible (and creative!) reasons for this. |
| [6] PREDICTIONS Key |
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Predict SEVEN new and futuristic races which could exist in 100 years. Draw a quick sketch and give a description caption for each of your ideas. |
| [7] WHAT IF Key |
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Read "Digging for Gold". Key question: What if the Earth was alive and could feel pain?? Copy and complete the diagram below based on the key question above. Be creative!
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| [8] PICTURE Key |
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Read the play, "The Perfect Breakfast". Now look at the picture below. It is incomplete and your job is to complete it! Your completed picture must be related to the story, "The Perfect Breakfast". Once you have completed the picture, colour it and give it a caption which makes it clear how it relates to the story. Be creative!
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| [9] CREATIVITY Key |
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The "CREATIVITY KEY" is all about thinking creatively - inventing or creating new ideas. Read, "Camping Holiday". Give FIVE ways camping could be made easier and more comfortable? Be creative! |
| [10] FORCED RELATIONSHIPS Key [What is this?] |
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How might you use a tent, a gold bar, and a video camera to get children to go to bed on time?? Give TWO solutions. Draw a diagram and write a description/explanation to clearly illustrate each of your ideas. All three items MUST be included in each of your solutions.
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| [11] COMMONALITIES Key |
| Find TEN common points between a GOLD and a TENT. |
| [12] ALPHABET Key |
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List types of ENTERTAINMENT for each letter of the alphabet:
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| [13] BLACK HAT [What is this?] |
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Think about the disadvantages (BLACK HAT POINTS) of camping. Give SEVEN reasons aimed at convincing others that camping should be banned. |
| [14] CATEGORIES Key |
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Collect at least TWELVE pictures of OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES and group them into at least FOUR categories of your choosing. Unless your teacher permits, you may NOT print out pictures from the internet. Use the newspaper or magazines - or similar. |
| [15] INVENTIONS Key |
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Design a model of something which would please the eels of Anatoki. Invent a name for it and either: (a) design an advertising poster for it, or (b) construct a model of your invention. |
| [16] RIDICULOUS Key [What is this?] |
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"When camping, no-one should have to take along camping gear.". Be creative and come up with FIVE ways to ensure this proposal becomes a reality. |
| [17] REVERSE LISTING Key |
| List TWELVE things that you could never do while camping. |