Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Science
5.0 (273 reviews)Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Science! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any historical reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics,…
- Grade
- Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
- Pages
- 25
- Answer key
- N/A
- Teaching duration
- Yearlong Resource
- Digital download
Description
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Science! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any historical reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text and with any area of science. This resource is applicable to many grade levels (4-10+) and can be easily adapted for the learners you work with.
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Included in this resource:
•Eight color task cards for each of the eleven topics of critical thinking (88 unique task cards total)
•Eight black-and-white task cards for each of eleven topics of critical thinking (88 unique task cards total)
•A graphic organizer for students to record their responses
•A student recording sheet, where students can track which cards they have already completed
•Tips and suggestions on how to use these task cards in your class.
Two versions–with and without icons–are now included!!
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This resource was created based on the Depth and Complexity framework, which was developed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement: 1996
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Great way to start the day
I have used the math spiral in other grades and it has been so helpful. Switching grades this year I decided to try the grammar spiral, and some of the questions can be tricky to answer. I use this as morning work and a math warm-up
Great resource!
This was a great comprehensive resource for teaching my third graders about using commas and quotations in dialogue. The only thing I would add is what to do when there is already existing punctuation in the dialogue. Otherwise, fantastic resource!
A helpful resource
This was a helpful resource while teaching Morphology but I wished it had more than just words and definitions.
I like it, but there is no combined option
The material itself is great, but it is frustrating for students to click multiple links to answer all the questions, and even more frustrating for the teacher to grade. I wish all of the material for each section could be assigned on the same Google Form.
Very creative resource
This is a very creative resource. It's not exactly what I was looking for or hoping for as a 3rd grade teacher, but definitely has some good examples.
Questions & Answers (11)
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Hi.. I would like to purchase the $6.99 Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Science. I need a quote to submit a PO to my department. Please send me one as the deadline is next week. THANKS!
Hi there! To use a PO on TpT, you’ll need to follow their procedure. You can find how to do this here: https://help.teacherspayteachers.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043048891-Can-I-pay-with-a-purchase-order-
Is it possible to make this digital? We are using these on a private platform but it is difficult with it being only 1 PDF document. Thanks so much
Hi Stephanie. The permissions on the PDF should still allow you to delete any pages you like.
With many of us going digital now and potentially starting the school year in the fall, do you have any suggestions as to how use these cards virtually?
Hi Dawn,
You're welcome to share these with your students on a private platform that only they have access to.
Do you have the original Depth and Complexity Prompts from Sandra Kaplan for your task cards? I have purchased other products from you that have the original prompts. In order to keep consistency throughout my school and class, I was hoping you still had those as well.
Hi Laura. I do not have resources with those icons. I do include versions without icons, however.
Hi i am interested in a couple of your items that you have bundled, but I only teach ELA. Do you do bundles for ELA at this price? For example, critical thinking, Lit circles and literature cards instead of the s.s. and science? Thanks!
Hello! No, sorry, I don't have an ELA only bundle.
can you help me figure out how the 11 topics of critical thinking align to bloom's?
Hi Cassandra,
I am not sure how they would align, as Blooms is a hierarchy of thinking. I would say that most of the 11 topics would fall under the top 3 levels of Blooms.
They are beautiful! You should sell them! There are not any like them on TPT.
Thanks!
The update you have made to these looks amazing! Where did you find such great watercolor art?
Thanks, Caitlin! I made them in Adobe Illustrator.
These look awesome - do you have any plans for doing a Math version?
Hi Anisa! I will definitely put that on my to-do list! Thank you for your interest:-)
I am planning to purchase your bundle for Depth and Complexity. If I have already asked, forgive me, would you consider adding the DOK Levels on your Depth and Complexity cards?
Thank you for creating such great resources for teachers!
Hello! I'm sorry but I don't have any plans to add those at this time. Perhaps, it might be something I revist down the road. Thank you for your interest.
