Critical Thinking Board

“Critical thinking is thinking about your thinking while you’re thinking in order to make your thinking better.” Richard W. Paul 

Goodreads. (2023). Richard Paul Quotes. https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/223972.Richard_Paul 

Solve the Puzzle Challenge!

"Critical thinking involves skill at recognizing a pattern in given information and especially recognizing how the information is connected to the real world."  Test your critical thinking skills by thinking about information presented in the following puzzles and how the are connected.

Psychology Today. (2015). 7 Puzzles to Challenge Your Critical Thinking. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/brain-workout/201503/7-puzzles-challenge-your-critical-thinking 

What do the following five things have in common?

Consider the five words below:

Now, put them in order from the slowest to the fastest, when they are going at maximum speed.


What feature do the following words have in common?

Find the Four Leaf Clover Challenge !

"Brain Teasers are puzzles or riddles that test your critical thinking, which is the ability to use logic to connection information in a way that allows you to make a decision or find a solution. Practicing brain teasers will help you develop your critical thinking skills." 

Critical Thinking Brain Teasers. Study.Com. 2023, https://study.com/academy/lesson/critical-thinking-brain-            teasers.html#:~:text=Brain%20Teasers%20are%20puzzles%20or,develop%20your%20critical%20thinking%20skills 

Challenge #1 - Easy


Every November we pause for a moment to remember the sacrifices made by many Canadians, at home and abroad, to ensure we, and others around the world, get to enjoy the freedoms we have in Canada. Despite being fought over 100 years ago, WWI is still a significant  defining moment in Canadian history.  

Examine the infographic on WWI and select the most important detail highlighted about the role played by Canadians in WWI.  Why is this the most important detail highlighted in the infographic?