Futurizing the K-12 Teaching Practice is an ongoing workshop, co-sponsored by the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) and the Houston Independent School District (HISD), and taught by a team of both university-based futures faculty and public school educators teaching gifted/talented and future problem solving students. Its participants receive an introduction to Futures Inquiry-a thematic interdisciplinary method for teaching higher order thinking skills--by considering futures principles, techniques and issues. This raises the level of complexity experienced by students in the classroom. Steps for successfully engaging students in futures-based thinking and activities heighten the practical applicability of futurizing the classroom teaching practice.