During our Professional Day on Monday 2nd September we discussed how learning questions should be as challenging as possible, especially considering that Year 7 pupils entering with Level 5a/6 should be already considering work at 'Level 8' or equivalent to work towards 2 Levels progress across the Key Stage. With this in mind we tried to come up with questions that took their thinking way beyond the norm, what Mr Prankerd memorably titled 'Dropping the 8 Bomb'! Here are some of your examples:
- Can you design and use a spreadsheet model which can be used in the home?
- What is the relevance of Prehistoric Medicine to the Modern World?
- You have an area of __ x __ and have three different slab sizes to fill the area. Show different combinations to fill the area. Does the design tessellate?
- Does Shakespeare have any value in society today? Why do we still study his work? Can I prove his importance to a modern audience?
- Which aspect of your group's performance do you need to develop? Having decided, plan and deliver a mini lesson to improve your group performance.
- Why is there a relationship between increased farming in Nepal and flooding in Bangladesh?
- 'Hindus should never cry at a funeral' Do you agree? Why? Might others disagree with you?
- Explain how your theme park ride can be developed and created for a future reality
- Explain what happened to the chords in this piece of blues music in order to make them into 'added chords' and then demonstrate this by playing them.
- If you were to create your own style of theatre what would you purpose be? (Social, Moral, Political, Entertainment etc). What techniques would you use from current styles, what new things would you use?
- On reflection, how could you develop your observational drawing into the style of <artist name>
- What percentage of cannabis is actually the 'active ingredient'? How does this ingredient affect the brain and why?
How about getting pupils to design their own '8 bombs'?
