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Packed with activities and extenders that cover problem solving, creative and critical thinking skills. Activities for children to choose from, from lower-level thinking to higher-level thinking; plus hands-on activities to challenge minds and make learning authentic. Includes persuasion skills a READ MORE

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Analyse it- 10-minute Activators
Brilliant 10-minute analysis activators! Students use classifying skills and Venn diagrams to develop critical thinking skills: list attributes of common items; analyse and compare items; find the Odd One Out; analyse and classify visually. Encourages analytical thinking as well as though READ MORE

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Beyond Technology
Questioning, Research and the Information Literate School
Want to emphasize higher level thinking, problem-solving and decision-making? This book brings you the best of Jamie McKenzie's previously published articles about launching STUDENT RESEARCH and RESOU READ MORE


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AUTHOR: Jamie McKenzie
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Brain Busters
Class forecast: Brain-storms and showers of ideas when you introduce your students to these problem-solving and decision-making worksheets. Encourages group work with an opportunity for individual expression that can be assigned as class or home work. Beginning with a wacky concept such as READ MORE

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Brain Revvers bk 2
Years 4-5
Stimulating warmer-uppers designed to give you 5 to 10-minute activities to rev up your students' brains and get them into gear for thinking! Compiled from various ThinkShop best-sellers, with some new Brain Revvers added in to the mix. All are aimed at higher-level thinking; t READ MORE


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Brain Revvers bk3
Book 3, Year 7-10
Stimulating warmer-uppers designed to give you 5 to 10-minute activities to rev up your students' brains and get them into gear for thinking! Compiled from various ThinkShop best-sellers, with some new Brain Revvers added in to the mix. All are aimed at higher-level thi READ MORE


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CORNELL Critical Thinking Tests
The two booklets can be used as a teaching tool or as a formal evaluation of critical thinking abilities. Very popular with students; they have to use critical thinking to answer questions as a storyline unfolds, based on what they have read so far. For example, in Booklet X you are a spac READ MORE

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AUTHOR: Robert Ennis
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CORT bks 1 & 4
These two books contain everything you need for a year's worth of thinking skills teaching. Each book includes clear lesson plans, activities and even sample student responses.
Book One - Breadth covers the basic tools such as PMI, CAF etc.
Book Four - Creativity is an excellent cr READ MORE


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AUTHOR: Edward de Bono
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Creative UNIT Extenders
Extenders to push units in mind-expanding new directions. Unit topics include recycling, space, natural disasters, insects, and 10 more thought-stimulating concepts. As requested, and based on our best-selling Creativity Extenders format; complete with student self-assessment tools. READ MORE

Price: $34.00
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Critical Squares
Inquiry Learning? This is for you! Developed through Project Zero at the Harvard School of Education, these simple but powerful activities are designed to develop students' critical-thinking skills and deepen their understanding of topics they are already studying with you.
The six s READ MORE


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ISBN: SBN-13: 978-1-56308-490-4
AUTHOR: Shari Tishman
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Design It!
Students can approach these worksheets with either realistic, practical creative solutions; or with futuristic or off-the-wall ideas. Very simple instructions, offering students the chance to re-design their bedroom, design a way of saving water in the garden, design a billboard ad for your READ MORE

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AUTHOR: Jean Edwards
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Environmental Issues Series: Energy Use and Abuse - Revised
The books in this series are designed to build a holistic understanding of ecological relationships and environmental problems. This book, Energy Use and Abuse, looks at the use of a long-term energy source and discusses our current methods of using matter and energy. This book asks the qu READ MORE

Price: $36.00
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ISBN: 1 86299 305 X
AUTHOR: Joni Keating
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Environmental Issues Series: Population Growth and Balance
This book is designed to convey a holistic understanding of ecological principles and contemporary environmental problems. This book, Population growth and balance, looks at solving social and environmental problems on both a local and global level. The objectives include: defining termino READ MORE

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ISBN: 1 86299 306 8
AUTHOR: Joni Keating
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Environmental Science Series: Consumption in a Finite World
The books in this series are designed to build a holistic understanding of ecological relationships and environmental problems. This book, Consumption in a Finite World, looks at the use of a long-term energy source and discusses our current methods of using matter and energy. This book bu READ MORE

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ISBN: 1 86299 302 5
AUTHOR: Joni Keating
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Environmental Science Series: Endangered Species
The books in this series are designed to build a holistic understanding of ecological relationships and environmental problems. This book, Endangered Species, looks at adaptations in plants and animals. The objectives include: defining and exploring the species which can no longer adapt to READ MORE

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ISBN: 1 86299 304 1
AUTHOR: The Kino Learning Centre
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Environmental Science Series: Interdependence in the Natural World
The books in this series are designed to build a holistic understanding of ecological relationships and environmental problems. This book, Interdependence in the Natural World, looks at the importance of complexity in nature and discusses the conditions that create stability and balance wi READ MORE

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ISBN: 1 86299 422 6
AUTHOR: The Kino Learning Centre
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FREEDOM PK cards , all levels
Addressing concepts of Freedom vs Oppression; Right vs Wrong; Fair vs Unfair; Privilege/Right vs Luxury, Indulgence.. an questions like "Do you have freedom if you have to wear a uniform?", "Is freedom saying what you think?", and "Does freedom involve wars?"- guaranteed to get your students READ MORE

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Games for Thinking
Children (and adults) love playing games, and this resource will promote thinking and learning while they play. 120 stimulating, easy-to-play games grouped as language, logical-mathematical, and visual spatial kinaesthetic games; each game complete with discussion plans and thinking activi READ MORE

Price: $45.00
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AUTHOR: Robert Fisher
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Graphic Thinkers
Need tools to help your students to organise their thinking? And to get them using higher-level thinking? Then this is the book for you! This set of graphic organisers will encourage broader and deeper thinking and teach problem-solving strategies such as analysis and ranking using criteri READ MORE

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AUTHOR: Jean Edwards
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Great Debating Ideas
Want to get your students debating, thinking and talking? Well here's the book you've been searching for! Ideal for stimulating oral ability, thinking and formal debating skills. This resource not only provides 101 high-interest topics to debate, but offers 'starter packs' to get students READ MORE

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ISBN: 1876973870
AUTHOR: Ron Shaw
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INDEPENDENT SCIENCE CHALLENGES
Looking for independent science study units, inquiry-based learning? You've repeatedly asked us for more books by this author- and here's a new one! INDEPENDENT SCIENCE CHALLENGES contains long-term, in-depth, open-ended science research projects - you're sure to find these problem-solving READ MORE

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Inventions Unlimited!
A treasure-trove! Includes Bloom's activities, worksheets for inventing in the real world, and techniques for never-ending inventing! So flexible it can be used as a class unit or for enrichment to meet many Achievement Objectives. READ MORE

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Learning to Question, to Wonder, to Learn
This new book from Jamie McKenzie shows how teachers can equip young minds with questioning strategies that will prepare them to wrestle with the most difficult decisions and problems.Jamie shares his best insights about sharpening the questioning powers of the young, emphasizing practical READ MORE

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Mathematical Reasoning bk 1 + manual

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Teaches children to REASON out answers and generate differen READ MORE


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AUTHOR: W Hill & R Edwards
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Pirates and Piracy
Ahoy mateys- now here's some treasure! A fun and very relevant Bloom's unit that investigates not only pirates of old, but gives students opportunity for class thinking and discussion on piracy today - the moral issues of copying videos and DVDs, copyright.... Also included are maths & sc READ MORE

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AUTHOR: Claire Cheeseman
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PK: Thinking,Talking Exploring cards set
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Problem-Based Learning in Middle and High School Classrooms
This jargon-free guide to Problem-Based Learning (PBL) offers teachers an exciting student-centred teaching method that engages learners at all levels in middle school and high school. PBL lessons encourage students to work together in groups to arrive at sound solutions, as well as to develop impor READ MORE

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ISBN: 9781741017427
AUTHOR: Ann Lambros
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Question Starters- A4 posters
Want to get teachers and students asking thoughtful and rich questions?
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Only $10 more for the laminated set.
Forty colourful A4 posters; one for each week of teaching, to remind students of the different important ways of analysing i READ MORE


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Reading Detective book B1
Genres include mystery, science fiction, humour, adventure etc. Teaches a depth of analysis that guarantees superior reading comprehension, top grades, and highest test scores! Use higher-level thinking to develop students' reading comprehension. The goal of this programme is to teach stud READ MORE

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AUTHOR: Cheryl Block
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SERVICE LEARNING: Community projects
A Guide to Planning, Implementing & Assessing Student Projects. This valuable resource explains the benefits of service learning and provides a step-by-step guide for using the instructional model. It features nine service-learning projects that are broken down into basic, intermediate and advanced READ MORE

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ISBN: 9781741705324
AUTHOR: Sally Berman
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Team Challenges
A brilliant collection of 40 exciting, open-ended tasks that require teamwork, imagination and fast thinking. They can be used by teams of all ages and are ideal for enrichment, extension, and team-building. Enhance co-operation, risk-taking, creativity and higher-level thinking with activ READ MORE

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AUTHOR: Charlotte Samiec
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The Hidden Lives of Learners
A must-read for educators wanting specifics about HOW students learn, and thus WHY and HOW we can tailor our teaching. A brilliant book incorporating ideas from many major teaching models (e.g. Inquiry, Understanding By Design, Concepts..)
Takes the reader deep into the hitherto undiscovere READ MORE


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ISBN: 978-1-877398-24-7
AUTHOR: Graham Nuthall
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Thinking With Rich Concepts
Thinking Treasures for Philosophical Thinking in the classroom. Provocative topics that really make students use all the thinking tools and strategies at their command. Rich Concepts include: Happiness; Choice; Ownership; Identity; and 10 more that lead students into thoughtful, guided dis READ MORE

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AUTHOR: Clinton Golding
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Three Thinking Skills poster set
Three full-colour A3-size posters - Creative thinking, Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving - to keep the values of thinking skills on display. An excellent "thinking about thinking" reminder for your students, and a colourful addition to your classroom walls. A3 size. READ MORE

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AUTHOR: ThinkShop
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USING WEBQUESTS in the Social Studies Classroom
This great book helps you respond to three important questions facing teachers today: -How can I be a more culturally responsive teacher? -How can I help make social studies engaging for my students? -How might technology facilitate my work and that of my students? This unique guide pres READ MORE

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What's The Alternative?
Help your students to make up their mind about various problem situations that commonly occur, such as Late For School; Friends; In trouble with parents; Put-Downs. Three sequential steps (Think Outside the Square, Underlying Problems, and Forming criteria) provide activities to show stude READ MORE

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AUTHOR: Jean Edwards
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