# Critical Thinking Task: Can you solve this normally? | Creative Problem-Solving Activity Years 3-6 **Price:** $1.45 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** year3, year4, year5, year6 **Subjects:** humanitiesAndSocialSciences, science, english ## Description (seller-submitted) Can You Solve This Normally? | Creative Problem Solving Activity | Critical Thinking What happens when the usual way of solving a problem is no longer available? Can You Solve This Normally? is a quick, low-prep thinking routine that challenges students to recognise the obvious approach to a problem, identify why it cannot be used, and adapt their thinking to find a new way forward. Instead of simply generating lots of solutions, students are asked to think strategically: What would I normally do? Why won’t that method work here? What could I change? What other strategy could I try? This simple but powerful thinking routine helps students develop creative problem solving, flexible thinking, critical thinking, adaptability, and strategic reasoning . Designed for Grades 3–8 , this mini resource is ideal for critical thinking warm-ups, gifted and talented education, enrichment, classroom discussion, early finishers, and problem-solving lessons. What’s Included 1 reusable Can You Solve This Normally? thinking routine Teacher Quick Start guide Ready-to-use teacher introduction script Model example for whole-class discussion Guided thinking prompts Support strategies and sentence starters Extension ideas for deeper thinking Sample challenges for applying the routine Student reflection prompts Students Will Practise Students develop their ability to: identify the obvious or usual approach to a problem recognise when a familiar strategy is unavailable or ineffective adapt their thinking when faced with constraints generate alternative approaches think creatively within limitations evaluate and improve strategies explain and justify their problem-solving process persist when their first approach does not work reflect on how changing constraints can change a solution A Different Kind of Problem-Solving Challenge Many problem-solving activities ask students to find an answer. Can You Solve This Normally? changes the challenge. Students first identify what they would normally d… [truncated] --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/6a4ee65c-c458-444e-adcb-572ca2e41bf0 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au