Higher Order Thinking

        Higher Order Thinking Games and Activities

         SET Daily Set puzzle has 6 answers for each daily game  https://www.setgame.com/set/puzzle

         Ultimate TicTacToe

              Play against the computer or a partner http://ultimatetictactoe.creativitygames.net

                 Play against another player by starting a game and sending them the link for the shared game.      

                       https://bejofo.net/ttt

         Mastermind

               Play against the computer with 10 Rows to Guess the answer to 4 peg puzzle  

                   https://www.webgamesonline.com/mastermind/

              Play against the computer with 8 Rows to Guess the answer to 5 peg puzzlehttp://codebreaker.creativitygames.net

         Math Playground       www.mathplayground.com/logicgames.html   

         Tyrannasaurus Prep GRE and SAT Vocabulary   https://www.tyrannosaurusprep.com

         Design a Roller Coaster ~ Physics

               http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/parkphysics.html

               http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/index2.html

        Mission US - a Revolutionary Way to Learn History   http://www.mission-us.org

      Tribonds and More

         Minds in Blooms https://minds-in-bloom.com/try-tribonds/

         Tribond of the Day http://www.tribond.com

         Easy, Medium, Hard https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kjP3vBWgbB4XxO-YnIJ92_AU1-TW2Ehy/view?

       Ian Byrd Byrdseed.com and ByrdseedTV.com

              Byrdseed  https://byrdseed.com  - higher order thinking resources and activities 

                                                                                           Check out “The Best Of “ for great “Thinking and Creativity”  

              ByrdseedTV https://ByrdseedTV.com  - rigorous interactives in all core curriculum.

                  Byrdseed TV has inquiry and discovery based activities. 

                  Some free activities to try:  https://www.byrdseed.tv/category/free/

                        Only able to register certain times of year so get on the waiting list for contact.

       ESRI GeoInquiries. I. nquiry Based Collection of FREE Activities 

             https://www.esri.com/en-us/industries/education/schools/geoinquiries-collections

              Includes 15-20 short (15-20 min) activities in each of the collection categories below

                   American Literature    Earth Science Environmental Science     Government     World Geography

                   Human Geography          Mathematics         Upper Elementary     US History        World History

              Getting to Know ESRI GeoInquiries - walk through tutorial for educators.  

                 https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/939b0102d1bb4af380edc6d9de2e5cc4

              Esri Home https://www.esri.com/en-us/home

       Math Resources to Consider

          Yummy Math https://www.yummymath.com/

         Open Middle https://www.openmiddle.com/

         Math is Fun  https://www.mathsisfun.com

         Blip, Blop, Bleep, Bloop

            https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kVLzo6DBgb5yM5anvsh02gXDj6woDwt3/view  ?usp=sharing          

        AR, VR, and Video Production 

          VR   CoSpaces EDU https://cospaces.io/edu/

          AR Adobe Aero https://www.adobe.com/products/aero.html

          Merge Cube https://mergeedu.com/cube

          WeVideo,  and AdobeSpark offer free access 

       Science and Design

        What is Design Thinking? https://www.edutopia.org/topic/design-thinking/

                Game and App Design  What is its purpose? Who is the audience? Creative elements?

                Website Design   What is its purpose? Who is the audience? Creative elements? 

        Sketchup  https://www.sketchup.com    Create in 3D! Inspire creativity and exploration.

                  Architecture tool that is also a great Geometry and 3D Art tool. Can also be used with 3D printer. 

                  Free with a G Suite or Microsoft Education account and free basic personal account 

        PHET Science Simulations  https://phet.colorado.edu

         Science Kids  https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/engineering.html

         Concord Consortium https://learn.concord.org

         NOVA Labs PBS https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/

         Explore Learning Gizmos https://www.explorelearning.com

         MIT for Kids https://raise.mit.edu 

        Tinkercad https://www.tinkercad.com

        Free STEM Design Challenges https://stemeducationguide.com/stem-challenges-free-worksheets/

       Robotics

        Lego, BEST, Sphero, Ozobot, Dash and Dot,  Vex Robotics

        Robotic Competitions - Lego and BEST

        Engineering is Everywhere - some free resources  https://www.eie.org/search/node/free        

      Coding

       CODE.org

       Scratch https://scratch.mit.edu

       Khan https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming

       Think Like a Coder https://www.mathplayground.com/index_coder.html

       Greek and Latin Roots

        Choose a root and have students brainstorm what they know. 

         Invent a word…and illustrate it https://www.byrdseed.tv/greek-latin-word-part-activities/

         Inventasaurus https://www.desertmuseum.org/center/edu/docs/1-2_DinosaurDiscovery_invent.pdf

         The Name Game https://studylib.net/doc/8659510/the-name-game---american-museum-of-natural-history

        Problem, Project and Inquiry Based Learning Activities - only truly higher order thinking if                    provided time to think and question their thinking. 

      Competitions

         ExploraVision - https://www.exploravision.org

            National competition K-12. Students look at current issues and how they could be solved/managed 20 years in the                future. Research past, current, and design future. Vision forward. 

        Discovery Ed 3M Young Scientist Competition

           https://www.discoveryeducation.com/details/search-begins-for-2023-americas-top-young-scientist/

        Arc GIS StoryMap Competition https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-storymaps/contest/overview

        BEST Robotics  https://www.bestrobotics.org/site/

        CyberPatriots   https://www.uscyberpatriot.org

        Find Additional Information and Resources for Evaluative Deductive Reasoning, Critical 

        Creative and Design Thinking, Convergent Thinking Skills and more at:  

          https://sites.google.com/site/jjaegerconsults/elevate-thinking-and-creativity-technology-resources?authuser=0 

        Bloom's Taxonomy and 3 Story Questioning Model by Costa and Kallick.    

         Use Bloom's Taxonomy as Your Guide. Revised Model at this link:        

                https://www.utica.edu/academic/Assessment/new/Bloom%20tx%20revised%20combined.pdf      

           3 Story Questioning Model in these links and directly correlates with Bloom's Taxonomy

            Blooms Model and Costa Questioning