2nd Graders use Divergent Thinking Skills

2nd graders are investigative learners using some of the thinking skills they learned from the first grade unit called “The Birthday Present”. They recalled using “deductive thinking” to solve the animal story and are now carrying over those skills to a new unit called Detective Club. This unit will allow them to learn about and use the process of elimination to find a solution or solve a short mystery. They are also learning about Divergent Thinking - another way to brainstorm, imagine and invent many solutions to one problem. In addition to working on these higher level thinking skills, we will begin weekly challenge math and reading multicultural tales to build our social-emotional self (affective).

Using divergent thinking to create a cycle for a spider. How do you make a cycle for something that has 8 legs?