Spontaneous Challenge Practice

Our year 5 and 6 TOM team were practicing their Spontaneous Challenge strategies today.  The Spontaneous Challenge makes up half the marks for the Tournament of Minds and uses very different skills from the Long Term Challenge.  This team are practicing a thinking strategy called "Think, Pair, Share".  The timekeeper for the group indicates when their 30 seconds of individual thinking time begins, then the group pair off and share their initial ideas for one minute.  Then the timekeeper calls 'share' and the group comes together to share their best ideas.  From here the group needs to discuss and decide their response to the judges and a designated presenter will bring it all together in a one minute verbal presentation.  As you can see - its a lot to get your head around and it takes practice...can you think of ten things that can be locked in or locked out by a padlock?  Your answers need to be collaborative, considered, and creative...its challenge isn't it!