Fun and Educational Interactive Challenges for Secondary School Students
Engage secondary school students in interactive challenges featuring famous personalities, astronomical wonders, popular social media accounts, iconic symbols, and more. Explore a variety of topics including literature, space, social media, culture, history, and creativity with these thought-provoking challenges. From identifying famous authors to matching Twitter accounts, and designing superhero stamps, these activities are designed to stimulate young minds and encourage learning beyond the classroom.
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Challenge cards for Challenge cards for secondary schools secondary schools Sue Mordecai, NACE Trustee Autumn 2021 www.nace.co.uk
Who am I? Went to primary school in Beckenham and now lives in Kent Appointed Children s Laureate in 2013 Written over 60 books for children and young people Multi-award-winning series of books set in a fictional dystopia Writes for television including an episode for Dr Who www.nace.co.uk 2
What am I? Always in orbit around the Earth Provides Earth with light during the night Closest object to Earth in Space Has a cratered surface www.nace.co.uk 3
Match these most-followed accounts on Twitter. Why do you think they are so popular? 128 million 113 million 109 million 100 million 90 million 88 million 83 million 80 million Katy Perry Taylor Swift Ariana Grande Justin Bieber Barak Obama Rihanna Cristiano Ronaldo Lady Gaga 4
What am I? Iconic British symbol Made of cast iron and painted red Anthony Trollope the novelist introduced them in the 19th century Painted gold in the home towns of the 2012 Olympic Gold medal winners www.nace.co.uk 5
What do the following have in common? Brazil Germany Uruguay Italy France England Spain Argentina www.nace.co.uk 6
Why do countries have flags? What is the study of flags called? www.nace.co.uk 7
You have been asked to design a set of four stamps to represent superheroes. Who would you choose and why? www.nace.co.uk 8
Who am I? American animator born 1901 Won 22 Academy Awards One of his most famous cartoon creations was a duck with the middle name of Fauntleroy Opened a famous park in 1955 He was dyslexic www.nace.co.uk 9
How many fruits can you name that have the word berry in the name? How many countries can you name that start and end with A? How many animals can you name that have stripes? www.nace.co.uk 10
How many seven-letter words can you think of that end in ----age? (e.g. baggage) www.nace.co.uk 11
Can you solve these anagrams of British towns/cities? DRIFACF LOGSGAW HRUMAD SELDE LOSTRIB CHATREMENS BIGTHORN WETCLEANS SECRETLIE www.nace.co.uk 12
Where am I? Close to Fort William in Scotland 1,344 metres high Gaelic name when translated means Mountain of Heaven Average temperature at the summit is one degree below freezing www.nace.co.uk 13
With 3 darts Marcus scored 78. How did he do this? With 5 darts Macy scored 106. How did she do this? www.nace.co.uk 14
Solve the following anagrams to discover what they have in common: STEW SHOUT THORN ATES www.nace.co.uk 15
What do the following have in common? George Orwell s 1984 The cricket score of 87 169 A Baker s Dozen www.nace.co.uk 16
What is next in the sequence? 64 81 100 121 58 49 41 34 28 17 25 32 37 47 www.nace.co.uk 17
Make up collective nouns for: mobile phones kindles zoos students spaceships scientists www.nace.co.uk 18
Who am I? Born in Warsaw in 1867 Died in France in 1934 Only woman to win 2 Nobel prizes in physics and in chemistry Famous for her work in radioactivity her notebooks are still radioactive First female professor at the Sorbonne University in Paris www.nace.co.uk 19
True or false? Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th Starbucks was named after a 19th century whaler in the novel Moby Dick The funny bone isn t a bone, it is a nerve Bulls are angered by the colour red Newfoundland dogs are good swimmers because they have webbed paws www.nace.co.uk 20
What do the following have in common? Rutherfordium Curium Nobelium Mendelevium Seaborgium Meitnerium www.nace.co.uk 21
Can you match the collective nouns? Quiver Culture Plague Caravan Pride Squabble Murmuration Murder Crows Seagulls Starlings Arrows Locusts Bacteria Lions Camels www.nace.co.uk 22
Can you match the animal to the speed? Peregrine falcon Brown hare Pronghorn antelope Cheetah Horse fly Lion 48 mph 70 mph 200 mph 60 mph 50 mph 90 mph www.nace.co.uk 23
Write a short paragraph using the following words: obsequious discombobulate iconic defunct collywobbles lucid www.nace.co.uk 24
Would you rather be a reality TV star or a Nobel-winning chemist? Explain your choice. www.nace.co.uk 25
Who is the odd one out and why? Hilary Clinton Jacqueline Kennedy Kamala Harris Melania Trump Michelle Obama www.nace.co.uk 26
The following are new words that have recently entered the Oxford English dictionary. What do you think they mean? locavore nomophobia infobesity buzzy chillax www.nace.co.uk 27
Two definitions for the same word A type of transport / a way to keep fit - - - - - A fresh water fish / complain - - - - Aquatic bird / avoid - - - - A bird / a country - - - - - - A river / a delivery service - - - - - - A citrus fruit / a colour - - - - - or - - - - - - www.nace.co.uk 28
True or false? A snail can sleep for three years Elephants are the only animals that can t jump Bees can only sting once Giant pandas spend 10-16 hours a day feeding, mainly on bamboo Camels store water in their humps A herd of 60 cows is capable of producing a ton of milk in less than a day www.nace.co.uk
Phobias what do the following fear? (The clues are there!) Aerophobia Arithmophobia Genuphobia Microphobia Zoophobia Taurophobia Botanophobia www.nace.co.uk 30
