THIRD QUARTER – RESEARCH I: CRITICAL THINKING

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
Division of City Schools – Valenzuela
VALENZUELA CITY SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
A.Pablo St., Malinta, Valenzuela City
Telefax: 291-5591 / 942-9360
Email: valmasci.valenzuela@gmail.com
A member of Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) 50x3 Schools’ Network

NAME _____________________________________ DATE _________________ SCORE ________________

ACTIVITY WORKSHEET 1
Critical thinking involves suspending your beliefs to explore and question topics from a "blank page"
point of view. It also involves the ability to know fact from opinion when exploring a topic.

The following short quiz was developed by Anderson Consulting Worldwide to test critical thinking. Answer each question
in order..

1. How do you put a giraffe into your refrigerator?

2. How do you put an elephant into your refrigerator?

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend - except one. Which animal does not attend?

4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
 THIRD QUARTER – RESEARCH I: CRITICAL THINKING

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
Division of City Schools – Valenzuela
VALENZUELA CITY SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
A.Pablo St., Malinta, Valenzuela City
Telefax: 291-5591 / 942-9360
Email: valmasci.valenzuela@gmail.com
A member of Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) 50x3 Schools’ Network

NAME _____________________________________ DATE _________________ SCORE ________________

ACTIVITY WORKSHEET 2 – BRAIN TEASER

1. You have only one match. You walked into a room where there was an oil burner, a kerosene lamp, and a coal burning
stove. Which one would you light first?

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2. There are two letters of the alphabet that mean zilch, zero, nothing? Which two are they?

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3. What is the furthest that a bear can run into the woods?

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4. Your doctor gives you three pills. She tells you to take one every half hour. How long would the pills last?

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5. Why do you always find something in the last place you look?

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6. Guess the vegetable that you treat like this:

A. You throw away the outside.
B. Cook the inside.
C. Eat the outside.
D. Throw away the inside.
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7. A clerk in the butcher shop is 6 feet ten inches tall. What does he weigh?
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8. A man and a dog were walking down the street. The man rode, yet walked. What was the dog's name?

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9. If the ruler of Russia was called the Czar and his wife the Czarina, what were his children called?

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10. How do you make "seven" even?

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 THIRD QUARTER – RESEARCH I: CRITICAL THINKING

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
Division of City Schools – Valenzuela
VALENZUELA CITY SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
A.Pablo St., Malinta, Valenzuela City
Telefax: 291-5591 / 942-9360
Email: valmasci.valenzuela@gmail.com
A member of Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) 50x3 Schools’ Network

NAME _____________________________________ DATE _________________ SCORE ________________

ACTIVITY WORKSHEET 3 – COMPARE AND CONTRAST

Compare and Contrast Writing

Compare and contrast are ways to describe things. When you compare something, you tell what is the same
between the things. When you contrast something, you describe what is different about them. Both compare
and contrast tell the reader more about the subject of the paragraph.

Write a paragraph about the topic listed below. Be sure to compare things as well as contrast things. It is
important that the reader understands what is the same about the things you are writing about and what is
different about the things you are writing about. Describe the things and compare and contrast them.

Compare and contrast two different types of food that people eat.

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 THIRD QUARTER – RESEARCH I: CRITICAL THINKING

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
Division of City Schools – Valenzuela
VALENZUELA CITY SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
A.Pablo St., Malinta, Valenzuela City
Telefax: 291-5591 / 942-9360
Email: valmasci.valenzuela@gmail.com
A member of Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) 50x3 Schools’ Network

NAME _____________________________________ DATE _________________ SCORE ________________

ACTIVITY WORKSHEET 4 – Identifying Fact or Opinion

A fact is something that is true or can be proven. An opinion is knowledge based on feelings about a
given topic. Directions: Read each sentence. Decide whether each example is a fact or opinion.
Write the word fact or opinion beside the appropriate sentence.

1. _______ Deserts are not as beautiful as forests.

2. _______ St. Patrick’s Day is associated with the country of Ireland.
3. _______ Earth’s largest ocean is the Pacific Ocean.
4. _______ Abraham Lincoln was the greatest president.
5. _______ Madrid is the capital of Spain.
6. _______ Leftover spaghetti is delicious.
7. _______ Honeybees are insects.
8. _______ Baseball is much more interesting than football.
9. _______ Blue is an attractive color.
10. ______ Brazil is on the continent of South America.
11. ______ My parents like classical music more than pop music.
12. ______ Lemons and limes look similar except for their color.
13. ______ Sunflowers are the prettiest flowers.
14. ______ We live in a brick house.
15. ______ My aunt is the funniest person I know.
16. ______ I’m expecting a phone call in ten minutes.
17. ______ All dinosaurs are extinct.
18. ______ Horses are the most beautiful animals in the world.
19. ______ Alaska is one of the fifty United States.
20. ______ I lost my best friend’s book.