# STEM | The Ultimate Sandwich Challenge | Creative & Critical Thinking Scenario | Stages 2 & 3 | HPGE **Price:** $4.50 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** year3, year4, year5, year6 **Subjects:** english, designAndTechnologies, science ## Description (seller-submitted) The Ultimate Sandwich Challenge is an engaging, open-ended thinking scenario where students invent the world’s greatest sandwich — and design a machine that can make it automatically. Students must think creatively, justify their ideas, solve problems, and refine their solutions. A High-engagement creative thinking and design thinking activity that gets students excited, collaborating, and thinking deeply. This flexible, low-prep lesson encourages creative thinking, critical thinking, problem solving, and reflection while supporting meaningful student discussion and engagement. There is no single correct answer — just powerful thinking. What Students Will Do Students will: ✔ Invent the world’s greatest sandwich ✔ Design a sandwich-making machine ✔ Work within real-world constraints ✔ Explain and justify their thinking ✔ Solve unexpected problems ✔ Create an advertisement to persuade customers ✔ Reflect on their thinking This scenario builds both creative and critical thinking skills in a structured, engaging format. Why Teachers Love This Resource ✔ High engagement ✔ Low prep ✔ Flexible implementation ✔ Encourages collaboration and discussion ✔ Promotes deep thinking and reasoning ✔ Works across multiple subject areas How to Use This Resource This scenario can be used as: • Whole-class thinking launch • Small group collaboration • Independent thinking task • Enrichment activity • Inquiry or STEM lesson • Creative thinking warm-up Use as a quick 20–30 minute task or extend into a 45–60 minute deep thinking lesson. Skills Developed Students develop: • Creative thinking • Critical thinking • Problem solving • Reasoning and justification • Collaboration • Reflection and metacognition This resource supports: Australian Curriculum General Capabilities US Common Core & 21st Century Skills UK National Curriculum STEM / STEAM Learning Inquiry-Based Learning Gifted & Extension Perfect For ✔ Stage 2 ✔ Stage 3 ✔ Gifted & Extension ✔ Inquiry-Based Learning ✔ STEM / STEAM ✔ Criti… [truncated] --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/6a17e7ba-a1e9-4fe3-a284-74991dd70f25 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au