Making Inferences and Predictions Bell Ringers Activity - Impossible Questions

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Making Inferences and Predictions Bell Ringers Activity - Impossible Questions: Capture your students’ attention from the moment class begins with these mind-bending weekly bell ringer questions! Perfect for middle and high school students, this full-year resource includes 40 slides with incredibly challenging questions that will have your students scratching their heads — one for each week of the school year — designed to spark curiosity, challenge thinking, and ignite classroom discussions. Each question slide also includes an accompanying explanation or answer in easy-to-understand language. These questions are specifically tailored to get your middle and high school students thinking and making predictions and inferences. Also included is a student response sheet where they can make predictions, indicate if they were correct, and write the correct answer in their own words!

Included in this Making Inferences and Predictions Impossible Questions Bell Ringer Resource:

➡️ 80 Slide Impossible Question Bell Ringer Presentation: The PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation includes 40 engaging and incredibly challenging questions that students must consider and ponder. The questions were carefully chosen to be wide-ranging, interesting, and appropriate for middle and early high school students. They will use their inference, critical thinking, and predicting skills to try to answer the questions.

➡️ Impossible Questions Student Response Sheet: The weekly digital and print student response sheet allow students to make predictions, indicate if they were correct, and write the correct answer in their own words.

Sample Questions From the Impossible Questions Bell Ringer Slideshow:

The full Weekly Impossible Question Bell Ringer resource includes 40 questions! Below, you will find some sample questions included in the slides:

How does everyone in the entire world have a different phone number?
How do birds know where to migrate without getting lost?
How can clouds be so heavy yet float?
Why does time feel like it moves faster when you're having fun?
Why are some people left-handed and some right-handed?

Benefits of Using The Impossible Questions Bell-Ringers:

➡️ Strengthens inference and prediction skills by asking students to make thoughtful guesses using logic, reasoning, and prior knowledge.

➡️ Hooks student attention right away with fun, mind-bending questions that create instant curiosity and engagement at the start of class.

➡️ Encourages critical thinking and discussion as students share ideas, defend their reasoning, and reflect on surprising answers.