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Play SET Online - Set Enterprises
Grades
4 to 12
tag(s): logic (161)
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More Brain Teasers - Hoagies
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): gifted (66)
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Fooble :: Perplexus - Animus Pactum Consulting
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Teachers will find this one a great source for "extra point stumpers."Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Planetarium: a puzzle-story in twelve weekly installments
Grades
7 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Word Magnet Puzzles
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): poetry (192), vocabulary (238)
In the Classroom
Try this as a brainstormer in your poetry class, or as a vocabulary builder.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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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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MENSA Online Workout - MENSA
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): puzzles (144)
In the Classroom
This site offers a great mental workout for gifted students or other students who seem to need an added challenge in the classroom. Include this site on your teacher website so that such students may access it outside of class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Grey Labyrinth
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): puzzles (144)
In the Classroom
Include this site on your teacher web page for students to access outside of class for additional mind-stretching practice. Also, consider sharing this site with your teaching colleagues who work with your gifted students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Grand Illusions
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): puzzles (144)
In the Classroom
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Odyssey of the Mind
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): gifted (66)
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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Internet for Classrooms - Internet4Classrooms, LLC
Grades
1 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): graphic organizers (48), polls and surveys (49), professional development (373), social networking (61)
In the Classroom
Keep this bookmarked for a variety of ideas to update your curriculum continually to keep it fresh and intriguing. The technology tutorials can teach old dogs new tricks, or also help young dogs find new tricks. Allow your students to choose from a variety of project ideas for their highest level of motivation. Add as a resource on your web site for fun sites for your students to explore. Use many tools given in tutorials to make your presentations sizzle, for students, teachers, or other audiences. Challenge gifted students with brainteasers, puzzles, accelerated curriculum, or ACT/SAT prep.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tortoise and Hare Race - Shodor
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): estimation (33), functions (51), measurement (123), patterns (62)
In the Classroom
Provide students with a copy of the explorations questions to complete alone or with a partner. Use on your interactive whiteboard for a quick 5 minute filler, change the amount of the tortoise's head-start each time to offer different outcomes each time. Ask students to predict the outcome of each race before beginning, allow changes midway, and discuss what is happening to change students' opinions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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