Lateral Thinking Starters

These short lateral thinking problems are designed as a settling activity as the pupils come into the classroom. We use one every few lessons, allowing the pupils to think about the problem as they get ready for learning. Whether you give the solution or not is up to you, but you should allow a few minutes for suggestions or questions from the class.

A Peculiar House

How is this peculiar house...

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A Chess Piece

How can these Grandmasters do...

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Bombs Away

What happened to the bombs?...

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Happy or Sad?

Why are these sad people...

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In the Pet Shop

Is this shop keeper psychic?...

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One Step Beyond

This man must be an...

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Coal, Carrot & Scarf

Why are these lying on...

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The Coffee Drinker

Waiter! There's a fly in...

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The Dream

This doesn't seem very fair......

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The Elevator Problem

Very unusual behaviour going on...

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The Man in the House

Why did he raise his...

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The Man who Hanged Himself

Surely this isn't possible to...

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The Men in the Hotel

Trouble sleeping? Phone a friend!...

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The Silent Cabbie

A deaf and dumb cab...

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The Two Americans

These Americans are puzzling to...

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The Unseen Walker

London is a busy place...

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Why do I need to learn Mathematics?

Why do I need to learn Mathematics?
Watch the video below to find out which jobs out there need Mathematics as a basic building block of your education... https://youtu.be/Xx_-O63efPI

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Classroom Posters

Classroom Posters
These colourful posters were created to inspire students to set their own goals, and to allow them to decide for themselves what they needed to achieve in order to do what they wanted in life. Job PostersDownload These are bold...

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