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The use of Thinkers Keys is very broad. There are twenty keys all up, so obviously there are many uses both within the classroom and outside the classroom. This page offers suggestions of using the keys within different curriculum areas and outside the classroom, however it is in no way limited to just these uses.

Curriculum Areas
English

The What if Key. Using the What if Key, basically any //What if// question can be used. In Writing, teachers can pose a What if question, which the children respond to. This would use the writing genre of persuasive or explanatory writing. Possible examples: This concept can also be used in oral language, with speeches and debating where groups could identify the cause and effect of events.
 * What if there were no children?
 * What if it never rained again?
 * What if they stopped selling fruit and vegetables?
 * What if the world ran out of petrol?
 * What if Room 3 was relocated to China

Maths

In maths, students learn a variety of strategies in number. By using the Brainstorming Key, students brainstorm different strategies and approaches for solving a number problem. They can apply them all, and see if any are easier to use than others.

Science Science is all about understanding and explaining the childrens world. This lends itself well to the Prediction Key (children predict outcomes and answers). Within science, children hypothesize outcomes and answers. These predictions form the path of the science unit but constructing the basis of the learning.

Students also use the ** Picture Key ** to identify what is happening and the changes which occured in their experiment by drawing what happened.

The Alphabet Key can be used for social sciences when researching a particular subject:
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=EOTC Ideas = The Environmental Atmosphere across the globe is changing, and students grow up in a world that is environmentally aware of the consequences of humans impact on the environment. This document from ( http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Think%20Keys/keys.htm) demonstrates the use of the Thinkers keys from an environmental perspective.



Identity
Often as a whole school the idea of identity is explored. Students can look at the values which the school holds and apply these in a variety of situations. The topic of values integrates into many subject areas including **English, Health, PE, and Drama**. Students and teachers can explore the following sheet individually or as a class or group



Within the idea of identity, students can look at the history of New Zealand / their ancestors which links into Social Science, English, Technology easily. Using the sheet:



In terms of EOTC as a class there are a variety of exhibitions at the Otago Museum and Early Settlers museum, which are stimulating and relevant to learning about students identities. These places are free of charge, and provide students with rich learning environments to learn about their past:

[|Otago Museum] [|Otago Early Settlers Museum]