Fun and Educational Challenge Cards for Primary Schools by Sue Mordecai, NACE Trustee
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Sue Mordecai, NACE Trustee
Spring 2021
What am I?
I have a broad flat tail that is used as a rudder and an alarm call
My
collective
name is a colony
I can close my nostrils and ears underwater
My teeth never stop growing
When food is scarce I will eat wood
I can fell an 8 foot tree in
five
minutes
What am I?
I am a strong swimmer and I like fish but not seals
You won’t find
me
at the North Pole
I am a bird but I can’t fly
I like being in a huddle
I am usually black and white
Who am I?
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I was born in 1866
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I grew up with many pets
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I became an expert in the study of fungi
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I wrote more than 30 books for children
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I became a respected breeder of sheep
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I left my land to the National Trust
Who am I?
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I was born in Bombay in 1865
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My parents named me after a lake in Staffordshire
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My stories were inspired by my experiences of India,
especially the wildlife and folk tales
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In 1907 I was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
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My son John was killed in the First World War
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Lines from my poem ‘If’ appear over the players’ entrance
to Wimbledon’s Centre Court
What am I?
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Openings in the Earth’s surface where molten rock and gas erupts
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Named after Vulcan, the Roman god of fire
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Usually located where tectonic plates meet
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They can be active, dormant or extinct
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Largest active one is Mauna Loa in Hawaii
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Most famous is Vesuvius
What am I?
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Famous prehistoric monument
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Over 5,000 years old
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Consists of a ring of standing stones, which are sarsens and bluestones
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UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Mystery how the stones got there
Where am I?
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600 species of plant – 1/3 of all the species in Britain
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Britain’s only desert as classified by the Met Office due to lack of
freshwater and surface vegetation
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Said to be the largest area of shingle in Europe
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Marconi conducted his early trials of radio in this place
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It has a RSPB nature reserve
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It has the largest number of medicinal leeches in the country!
Where am I?
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We are
a country with over 6,000 islands
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Most people live on four of them
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We
have an Emperor
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Our
f
lag is red and white
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Sumo is the national sport
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We are famous for
our
cherry blossom
Can you explain…?
A young man in scruffy clothes and untidy
hair is running down the road clutching a
briefcase.
All Nerub saw was the strange glow
of its eyes…
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Who is Nerub?
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What did Nerub see?
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Whose eyes have a strange glow?
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What kind of glow?
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Are they eyes?
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Where is Nerub?
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What might happen now?
Zont lay slumped across the bench.
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Who is Zont?
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What is Zont?
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Where is Zont?
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Why?
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How did Zont get there?
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What happens next?
Can you write a story using the
following words?
sabotage thwart putrid
wretched vindicate palatial
Can you write a story using the
following words?
vexed gnash kudos
peckish nimble
lackadaisical
Can you write a story using the
following words?
kerfuffle quaver gumption
humungous cantankerous miffed
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Britain
and is 1,344 metres high. Snowdon in Wales is
1,183 metres and Scafell Pike in England is 978.
If you placed them on top of each other how
high would this be? Do you think this would be
as high as Mount Everest?
Can you…
Can you think of six words that contain
all five
vowels?
Can you think of six words that have
no
vowels?
How many…
How many words can you make by changing just
one letter?
PACE
BEAR
CORD
Would you rather…
Would you rather have an invisibility cloak or
£10,000?
Explain your answer.
“Unloved but vital…”
Which two would you save and why?
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Midges
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Fruit bats
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Ants
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Dung beetles
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Soil mites
Which is the odd one out and why?
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Puffling
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Hatchling
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Antling
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Frogling
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Gosling
Which is the odd one out and why?
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1 March
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17 March
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23 April
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4 July
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30 November
Which is the odd one out and why?
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Pluto
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Venus
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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Mercury
What do the following have in common?
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Conwy
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Cardiff
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Beaumaris
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Harlech
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Pembroke
What do the following have in common?
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Columbia
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Challenger
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Discovery
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Atlantis
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Endeavour
What do the following have in common?
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Adonis Blue
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Duke of Burgundy
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Red Admiral
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Large Tortoiseshell
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Painted Lady
What are the similarities and differences
between…?
HORN
and
ANTLER
What are the similarities and differences
between…?
FROG
and
TOAD
What are the similarities and differences
between…?
CROCODILE
and
ALLIGATOR
Which is the odd one out?
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Monet
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Degas
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Matisse
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Constable
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Morisot
How many…?
Some ladybirds have 2 spots, some have 7
and some have 14.
If you have 5 ladybirds in your classroom
how many spots will there be in total?
There are several answers…
If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 etc.
What is the value of your name?
Whose name has the lowest / highest
number?
How could you help someone
to spell the word
NECESSARY
correctly?
Which number comes next?
25 21 17 13 …
Why are the five Olympic rings
Blue
Black
Yellow
Red
Green
?
Is a sloth lazy?
Is a fox sly?
Is a mule stubborn?
Why does a bird have feathers?
How many flightless birds can you name?
Why don’t they fly?
What invention might help
you at school?
For example: a pen that always spells words
correctly.
Would you rather be a famous author
or an international footballer?
Give reasons for your choice.
Which word goes before the following to
make another word?
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BOW
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COAT
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DROP
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WATER
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FOREST
Which word goes before the following to
make another word?
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HORSE
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BIRD
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LION
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URCHIN
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SON
Can you ask 3 questions that give
the answer water?
What does an ARCTOPHILE collect?
True or false?
Months that begin on a Sunday
will always have a Friday the 13
th
.
True or false?
Chameleons change colour
to match their environment.
True or false?
The Olympic Games used
to award medals for art.
True or false?
Marie Curie’s notebooks are still
radioactive.
Who developed the idea of frozen food?
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Francis Findus
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Clarence Birdseye
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William Walls
True or false?
Bulls are angered by the colour red.
If you were asked to write a non-fiction
book what would it be about?
If a rhinoceros could draw, what
would it draw if it was asked to draw
something beautiful?
Because poem
You are…
Because…
Because…
Because…
Because…
Because…
Oh yes! You are…
How many creatures can you think
of that hatch from an egg?
Add mathematical signs to answer
this challenge:
7 7 7 7 = 91
Can you think of 3 things that are…
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Dangerous
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Noisy
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Spiky
If you owned a robot what would
you want it to be able to do?
Can you think of 3 things that…
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Float
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Grow
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Sing
Complete…
I am…
and I bring three…
which are…
from…
because…
however…
Can you describe a WARTHOG without
using the word warthog?
Find the word within the word –
there may be more than one.
Machine
Crocodile
Comedian
Theatre
History
Thunderstorm
Using today’s date, how many number
problems can you devise?
What are the following words describing?
workers
eggs
pollen
queen
waggle-dance
Why is a cucumber a fruit
and not a vegetable?
What does a frog eat?
If brown rhymes with crown
what does black rhyme with?
If yellow rhymes with mellow
what does orange rhyme with?
At least 20 words can be made
from the word TEACHERS.
How many can you find?
The solution is full-stop.
What is the problem?
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The BFG
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Verucca Salt
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Matilda
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Gangster Granny
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Mr Stink
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The Demon Dentist?
The Welsh coastal path is 870 miles.
If I walked 18 miles a day on average
and cycled 25.5 miles on alternate
days, how many days would it take
to complete the journey?
Eyes blink on average between 10 to 24 times
a minute.
How many times do you blink in 13 minutes?
Why do we blink?
If an orange is a berry
but a strawberry isn’t…
what is a banana?
In the game of Zoomball, a win is worth 3
points, a draw is worth 2 points, but if you
lose a game it is minus 1 point.
At the end of the season the local team The
Nacers have got 48 points after playing 25
games. How many games did they win, lose
or draw?
“Horses only have one toe.”
What questions would you like
to ask about this statement?
A young woman is running out of
a shop and there are three people
running after her…
What happens next?
Rugby result:
Reds
49
Blues
21
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A try = 5 points
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A converted try = 7 points
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A penalty = 3 points
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A dropped goal = 3 points
How many different ways could the Reds
score 49 points and the Blues 21 points?
Design a set of six stamps
representing iconic landmarks
in the UK.
Design a set of four stamps
representing four famous
Victorians.
Design a set of six stamps which
celebrate the best in British art.
Can you solve these anagrams of books by
David Walliams?
RIMKNTS
FUNLAWEAIT
GREATRURB
SETODMENDIT
Why are there so many animals
in the African bush but so few
at the North Pole?
Zola has to be in work by 9am.
She takes 12 minutes to shower, 10 minutes
to get dressed, 15 minutes to eat breakfast
and 27 minutes to walk to work.
What is the latest time she can get up?
How can fog and mist affect us?
What do the following have in common?
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Tartan paint
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February 30
th
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Unicorns
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Vampires
How can you keep cool
in the summer?
What does a speleologist have in
common with a troglodyte?
Can you create a mnemonic to
help young children remember the
colours of the rainbow in order?
What do the following have in common?
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TOAD
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HARE
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DEER
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BOAR
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HORSE
How would you help someone who is
cyberphobic?
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Challenge cards for Challenge cards for primary schools primary schools Sue Mordecai, NACE Trustee Spring 2021 www.nace.co.uk
What am I? I have a broad flat tail that is used as a rudder and an alarm call My collective name is a colony I can close my nostrils and ears underwater My teeth never stop growing When food is scarce I will eat wood I can fell an 8 foot tree in five minutes www.nace.co.uk
What am I? I am a strong swimmer and I like fish but not seals You won t find me at the North Pole I am a bird but I can t fly I like being in a huddle I am usually black and white www.nace.co.uk
Who am I? I was born in 1866 I grew up with many pets I became an expert in the study of fungi I wrote more than 30 books for children I became a respected breeder of sheep I left my land to the National Trust www.nace.co.uk
Who am I? I was born in Bombay in 1865 My parents named me after a lake in Staffordshire My stories were inspired by my experiences of India, especially the wildlife and folk tales In 1907 I was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature My son John was killed in the First World War Lines from my poem If appear over the players entrance to Wimbledon s Centre Court www.nace.co.uk
What am I? Openings in the Earth s surface where molten rock and gas erupts Named after Vulcan, the Roman god of fire Usually located where tectonic plates meet They can be active, dormant or extinct Largest active one is Mauna Loa in Hawaii Most famous is Vesuvius www.nace.co.uk
What am I? Famous prehistoric monument Over 5,000 years old Consists of a ring of standing stones, which are sarsens and bluestones UNESCO World Heritage Site Mystery how the stones got there www.nace.co.uk
Where am I? 600 species of plant 1/3 of all the species in Britain Britain s only desert as classified by the Met Office due to lack of freshwater and surface vegetation Said to be the largest area of shingle in Europe Marconi conducted his early trials of radio in this place It has a RSPB nature reserve It has the largest number of medicinal leeches in the country! www.nace.co.uk
Where am I? We are a country with over 6,000 islands Most people live on four of them We have an Emperor Our flag is red and white Sumo is the national sport We are famous for our cherry blossom www.nace.co.uk
Can you explain? A young man in scruffy clothes and untidy hair is running down the road clutching a briefcase. www.nace.co.uk
All Nerub saw was the strange glow of its eyes Who is Nerub? What did Nerub see? Whose eyes have a strange glow? What kind of glow? Are they eyes? Where is Nerub? What might happen now? www.nace.co.uk
Zont lay slumped across the bench. Who is Zont? What is Zont? Where is Zont? Why? How did Zont get there? What happens next? www.nace.co.uk
Can you write a story using the following words? sabotage thwart putrid wretched vindicate palatial www.nace.co.uk
Can you write a story using the following words? vexed gnash kudos peckish nimble lackadaisical www.nace.co.uk
Can you write a story using the following words? kerfuffle quaver gumption humungous cantankerous miffed www.nace.co.uk
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Britain and is 1,344 metres high. Snowdon in Wales is 1,183 metres and Scafell Pike in England is 978. If you placed them on top of each other how high would this be? Do you think this would be as high as Mount Everest? www.nace.co.uk
Can you Can you think of six words that contain all five vowels? Can you think of six words that have no vowels? www.nace.co.uk
How many How many words can you make by changing just one letter? PACE BEAR CORD www.nace.co.uk
Would you rather Would you rather have an invisibility cloak or 10,000? Explain your answer. www.nace.co.uk
Unloved but vital Which two would you save and why? Midges Fruit bats Ants Dung beetles Soil mites www.nace.co.uk
Which is the odd one out and why? Puffling Hatchling Antling Frogling Gosling www.nace.co.uk
Which is the odd one out and why? 1 March 17 March 23 April 4 July 30 November www.nace.co.uk
Which is the odd one out and why? Pluto Venus Saturn Jupiter Mercury www.nace.co.uk
What do the following have in common? Conwy Cardiff Beaumaris Harlech Pembroke www.nace.co.uk
What do the following have in common? Columbia Challenger Discovery Atlantis Endeavour www.nace.co.uk
What do the following have in common? Adonis Blue Duke of Burgundy Red Admiral Large Tortoiseshell Painted Lady www.nace.co.uk
What are the similarities and differences between ? HORN and ANTLER www.nace.co.uk
What are the similarities and differences between ? FROG and TOAD www.nace.co.uk
What are the similarities and differences between ? CROCODILE and ALLIGATOR www.nace.co.uk
Which is the odd one out? Monet Degas Matisse Constable Morisot www.nace.co.uk
How many? Some ladybirds have 2 spots, some have 7 and some have 14. If you have 5 ladybirds in your classroom how many spots will there be in total? There are several answers www.nace.co.uk
If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 etc. What is the value of your name? Whose name has the lowest / highest number? www.nace.co.uk
How could you help someone to spell the word NECESSARY correctly? www.nace.co.uk
Which number comes next? 25 21 17 13 www.nace.co.uk
Why are the five Olympic rings Blue Black Yellow Red Green? www.nace.co.uk
Is a sloth lazy? Is a fox sly? Is a mule stubborn? www.nace.co.uk
Why does a bird have feathers? www.nace.co.uk
How many flightless birds can you name? Why don t they fly? www.nace.co.uk
What invention might help you at school? For example: a pen that always spells words correctly. www.nace.co.uk
Would you rather be a famous author or an international footballer? Give reasons for your choice. www.nace.co.uk
Which word goes before the following to make another word? BOW COAT DROP WATER FOREST www.nace.co.uk
Which word goes before the following to make another word? HORSE BIRD LION URCHIN SON www.nace.co.uk
Can you ask 3 questions that give the answer water? www.nace.co.uk
What does an ARCTOPHILE collect? www.nace.co.uk
True or false? Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th. www.nace.co.uk
True or false? Chameleons change colour to match their environment. www.nace.co.uk
True or false? The Olympic Games used to award medals for art. www.nace.co.uk
True or false? Marie Curie s notebooks are still radioactive. www.nace.co.uk
Who developed the idea of frozen food? Francis Findus Clarence Birdseye William Walls www.nace.co.uk
True or false? Bulls are angered by the colour red. www.nace.co.uk
