Thinkers Keys
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The document provides instructions for a series of thinking exercises, including listing things found in the ocean starting with each letter, asking questions to elicit a specific answer, listing things that cannot be photographed, drawing a chair with modifications, listing different uses for a paperweight, and using random objects to solve getting a kite out of a tree. The exercises are intended to challenge problem solving and creative thinking within time limits of one minute per exercise.
Thinkers Keys
- 1. Thinker’s Keys Tony Ryan
- 2. The Alphabet
- 3. The Alphabet The category is “things found in the ocean” Write down one object/thing/creature starting with each letter of the alphabet You have one minute
- 4. The Question
- 5. The Question The answer is ‘brick’ Write down five questions that would give you this answer You have one minute
- 6. The Reverse
- 7. The Reverse Write down five things that cannot be photographed You have one minute
- 8. The BAR
- 9. The BAR Draw a picture of a chair… B – make part of the chair bigger than normal A – add something to the chair R – replace part of the chair with something else You have one minute
- 11. The Different Uses The object is a paperweight Write down five different uses for a paperweight You have one minute
- 13. The Forced Relationships Scenario: Your kite is stuck in a tree – you have these three things to get it down – minties, a hairbrush and a comic book Write down a solution, using the three things You have one minute