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Analytical Problems And Puzzles - folj.com
Grades
3 to 12
In the Classroom
If you don't have time to spend on these in class as often as you would like, print out a single lateral thinking or logic problem each week for your bulletin board and let the students argue about it all week. Or include this link on your teacher website for the students to access outside of class. This site is a life-saver for your study hall the day before a vacation!You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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World Geography Quizzes - Sheppard Software
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): capitals (15), continents (32), countries (74), maps (219)
In the Classroom
Be sure to put a link for these online games and quizzes on your teacher web page for the summer and throughout the school year. Students can use them to practice for your geography quizzes or as extra challenges. The different levels of dificulty will allow you to differentiate your instruction easily.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kids Soup - Ear Twiggles Productions
Grades
K to 3In the Classroom
You might want to pass this on to parents anxious for at-home "snow day" activities. SHare it with parent volunteers who will be helping plan class parties, as well.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Ultimate Puzzle Site
Grades
4 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Activities: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - TeachersFirst
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): harry potter (9)
In the Classroom
Share the link on your teacher web page or in a parent newsletter, if you don't have time to do all the activities at school. Challenge students to design similar activities to accompany other Harry Potter (or other favorite) books.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Activities: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - TeachersFirst
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): harry potter (9), reading strategies (87)
In the Classroom
Share the link on your teacher web page or in a parent newsletter, if you don't have time to do all the activities at school. Ask students to design similar activities to accompany other Harry Potter (or other favorite) books.Comments
Very good way of planning.kel, GA, Grades: 3 - 5
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Jig Zone - jigzone.com
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): puzzles (148)
In the Classroom
Combine a brain-warming activity with a bit of review, and create your own jig-saws for students to solve! First, access the section entitled "Turn your photos into puzzles," and select an image pertinent to a specific unit and upload it to the site. Once the jigsaw puzzle has been created, have students open the puzzle on individual computers and compete to see who can get the best time putting the image back together! The best images to use would be diagrams, or model images of a particular object. This site works amazingly well for science classes were students need to be familiar with specific images. An example would be have anatomy students re-construct skeletal images, etc. A clever way to get their minds thinking!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Half - PBS Kids
Grades
2 to 4tag(s): fractions (160), problem solving (245)
In the Classroom
Include this activity as part of a math computer learning center. This interactive serves as an excellent opportunity to introduce fractions in a holistic way before delivering lessons or a complete unit on fractions. After completing the activity, ask students to draw different ways to create a half using Google Drawings, reviewed here. Save students drawings and add them to a collaborative class book using Book Creator, reviewed here. In addition to student digital drawings, include audio of student explanations of how to create a half, videos, and images taken by students to demonstrate how to create a half of different items.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tangram Game - PBS
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): geometric shapes (137), logic (159), problem solving (245), tangrams (8)
In the Classroom
Tangrams are perfect for practicing shapes, problem-solving, and spatial reasoning skills. Share this activity on student computers for use as a math center, or share a link with parents for students to play at home. Include this tangram activity and others within a blended learning lesson created using Curipod, reviewed here. Include videos, interactives such as this game, quizzes, and other learning activities in one shareable link.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Computer Generated Mazes - Discovery
Grades
1 to 5tag(s): puzzles (148)
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Hangman
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): grammar review (31)
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Nrich - Cambridge University
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): problem solving (245)
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Cool Math for Kids
Grades
4 to 8Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Brain Explorer
Grades
3 to 7Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Buggy and Buddy - Make Your Own Kaleidoscope - Buggy and Buddy - Science for Kids
Grades
2 to 8tag(s): animation (62)
In the Classroom
This would be a good center activity to have with a parent or older buddy helping out.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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BrainQuest - Workman Publishing
Grades
4 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Play SET Online - Set Enterprises
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): logic (159)
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More Brain Teasers - Hoagies
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): gifted (64)
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ChessKids
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): chess (2)
In the Classroom
Use the free sample curriculum to help develop student's cognitive development and critical thinking skills. Download the first version of the curriculum (for free) that is not aligned to the CCSS, but does follow Bloom's Taxonomy and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Odyssey of the Mind
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): gifted (64)
In the Classroom
Entry into the competition requires each team to purchase a membership. However, this is a great resource and opportunity for teachers who work regularly with gifted students needing an additional challenge. Consider purchasing such a membership for your students, or pass the site along to a fellow teacher who works regularly with such students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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