FREE hexagonal thinking templates for any subject

This resource provides free templates for hexagonal thinking activities that can be used in any classroom to help students make meaningful connections, engage in productive discussions and foster critical thinking skills.

Hexagonal thinking is a strategy that helps students understand how different concepts are connected to each other.

It helps students think critically and analyze different aspects of a certain phenomenon or situation.
It can be used in a variety of different subjects to consolidate learning, foster higher level thinking skills and even assess hat they have learned.

The resource includes:

blank hexagon templates that can be used in any class for virtually any lesson
arrow templates for students t indicate the most important connections
worksheets for students to explain their thinking
This is an open-ended activity. There are no right or wrong answers. The students can come up with any arrangement of hexagons that makes sense to them, as long as they are able to explain their thinking and justify their choices by making logical and meaningful connections.

Instructions

1. Print out as many copies of the hexagonal thinking activity sheets as you need (students can work individually, in pairs or in groups

2. Write the terms you want to include on the hexagons and cut out the hexagons

3. Explain to the students that they need to arrange the hexagons in a meaningful manner to show the connections between the terms

4. Showcase some examples of finished hexagon networks to demonstrate what the final product should look like; there are no right or wrong answers, but the connections need to be meaningful and logical

5. Explain to the students that they need to choose three or six (as many as you want) connections which they will explain in more detail

6. Hand out the hexagons, arrows and explanation sheets

7. Monitor as your engaged students lead meaningful discussions, make connections and explain their thinking

8. After they’re finished, you can ask members of each group to present one or two of the connections they chose to explain in more detail

9. As an extension activity, you can ask students to engage in a class-wide discussion about the issue

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