Word of the Week
Skill of the Week
NHD Skills
Problem-Solving
Potpourri
100
The Ancient Aztec rode his bicycle to get the mail.

What is an anachonism?

100

_____________ makes better.

What is practice?

100

First we _________, then we write.

What is cite?

100
The first step in the engineering process is understand this.

What is the task or problem?

100

The capital city of Kentucky

What is Frankfort?

200
The school bus was so loud the bus driver couldn't even think to drive, so she pulled over.

What is cacophony?

200

_______________ doesn't imply causation.

What is correlation?

200

A sentence or two describing how you used a source or what you learned from it?

What is an annotation?

200

This component of creative thinking means to generate many possible ideas.

Fluency

200

A piece of literature used to teach the alphabet.

What is an "abecedarium?"

300

When the apple fell on Isaac Newton's head, he had a whole new surprising thought about gravity.

What is an epiphany?

300

Never give this excuse to a teacher for a missing assignment.

What is "too busy."

300

The domain that indicates that the information was published by the United States government.

What is .gov?

300

This is the last step in the engineering process, before repeating and rebuilding. 

Analysis

300

Benjamin Franklins portrait is found on this unit of money.

What is the $100 bill?

400

She's the very pineapple of politeness (instead of pinnacle of politeness).

What is a malapropism?

400

It's better to do __________ than nothing.

What is something?

400

An article in a newspaper is usually classified as this.

What is a primary source?

400

This type of thinking puts clues together to determine the one correct answer.

Deductive

400

What don't you know?

What you don't even know!

500

In formal writing, write out the word "and" instead of using this symbol

What is an ampersand?
500

This type of criticism is meant to help you build your skills.

What is constructive?

500

This photographer used his skills to stop child labor.

Lewis Hine

500
This type of thinking can generate many correct answers with the goal of finding one original and best solution.

Creative thinking.

500

Read not to ____________, but to weigh and consider.

What is believe?