Critical thinking and culture: challenges that connect ideas
Ask about evidence and connect science, art, music and geography.
A way to begin
A good answer gives reasons and recognises its limits. Ask which source supports a fact, what alternative explanation exists and what you need to check before sharing it.
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Four cases to investigate
A day longer than a year ↗
Before comparing two numbers, check what each one measures.
Two decisions · Optional hintsHistory · 5–8 minThe key to a lost script ↗
Distinguish a promising hypothesis from a demonstrated translation.
Two decisions · Optional hintsArt and literature · 5–8 minDoes a date prove an influence? ↗
Build a chronology and discover what it does and does not establish.
Two decisions · Optional hintsGeography · 4–7 minA province is not an island ↗
Use two heritage records to spot a mix-up in an itinerary.
Two decisions · Optional hintsRelated pastimes
Secret code
Four symbols. Ten tries. Follow the clues.
Reversi
Turn the tables. One corner changes everything.
Nim
Three rows. One decision changes the game.
Introductory practice
Four beats, many patterns ↗
Build a bar and discover how music connects to fractions.
Represent the same quantity in different ways.A line between books and paintings ↗
Order three works and connect literature, painting and time.
Build a timeline using verifiable facts.A headline under the lens ↗
A coincidence can have several explanations. What would you check?
Separate association, alternative explanations and causation.A trip with two clues ↗
Connect places, landscapes and sources instead of memorising a list.
Extract and combine information from two sources.Flowers and visitors ↗
Read an observation and separate what was seen from what was assumed.
Distinguish a supported possibility from an absolute claim.From play to reflection
After playing, describe your strategy and what you would change. Improving at a game does not itself demonstrate general changes in memory or intelligence.
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