# Critical Thinking Task: This shouldn't work... but does it? | No-prep Extension Activity | Years 3-6 **Price:** $1.45 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** year3, year4, year5, year6 **Subjects:** humanitiesAndSocialSciences, science, english ## Description (seller-submitted) This Shouldn’t Work… But Does It? | Critical Thinking Activity | Grades 3–8 What if an idea that seems impossible at first could actually work? This Shouldn’t Work… But Does It? is a quick, low-prep critical thinking activity that challenges students to look beyond their first reaction, question hidden assumptions, and explore unexpected possibilities. Students begin with an idea, situation, or system that seems unlikely to work. Instead of immediately rejecting it, they are encouraged to ask: Why does it seem like it wouldn’t work? What assumption am I making? Could it work under certain conditions? What would need to change? This simple but powerful thinking task helps students develop critical thinking, flexible thinking, creative problem solving, reasoning, and assumption-challenging skills . Designed for Grades 3–8 , the activity can be used as a critical thinking warm-up, gifted and talented extension task, whole-class discussion, small-group activity, early finisher challenge, or enrichment lesson. What’s Included 1 open-ended This Shouldn’t Work… But Does It? critical thinking task Teacher Quick Start guide Ready-to-use teacher introduction script Model example for whole-class discussion Guided thinking questions Support strategies and sentence starters Extension prompts for deeper thinking Sample scenarios to help students begin Student reflection prompts Students Will Practise Students are encouraged to: challenge first reactions identify hidden assumptions explore unusual possibilities think flexibly and creatively consider conditions and constraints explain and justify their reasoning recognise that an idea may work in some situations but not others revise their thinking after considering new possibilities Easy to Use, Flexible to Repeat Introduce the thinking task using the included Quick Start guide, model the process together, then invite students to explore an idea that appears impossible or impractical. The task can be completed through: whole-class… [truncated] --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/6a4b404b-faf3-41bb-8846-4261b214df68 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au