Victorian Curriculum / Capabilities / Critical and Creative Thinking / Questions and Possibilities

Make simple modifications to known ideas and routine solutions to generate some different ideas and possibilities (VCCCTQ003)

Robot Buddies Creativity Preview Unit

The Concept of Creativity · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will consider ways that they can be creative in everyday scenarios.
Designing a New and Improved Chair · Learning Opportunities
Your students practice thinking creatively as they design a new and improved chair.
Creative Combinations · Learning Opportunities
Your students will practice being creative by combining two objects together.
New Solutions to Old Problems · Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in groups to consider new solutions to old problems.
Using BAR to Improve a Skateboard · Learning Opportunities
Your students will practice being creative by using the BAR Key.
Improving a Robot · Learning Opportunities
Your students will use the BAR Key to give and receive feedback about robot designs.
Future Action · Future Action
Your students will create a Creativity Journal to remind them of the important of practising being creative.
Habit of Mind: Striving for Accuracy and Precision · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will practice the habit of 'Striving for Accuracy and Precision' by drawing an object in the classroom.

Light and Sound Discovery Preview Unit

Building Instruments: Making a New Instrument · Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover how to make sounds by experimenting with different materials.

Tip Toe Through Our World Sustainability Preview Unit

Future Action · Demonstration of Understanding
Your students will set a sustainable action goal.

Playing in the Park Question-Based Investigations Preview Unit

Assessment · Synthesis Phase
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Question-Based Investigations Preview Unit

Assessment · Synthesis Phase
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research.

Celebrating Differences Social Justice Preview Unit

Habit of Mind: Thinking Flexibly · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will learn about the Habit of Mind 'Thinking Flexibly'.