An Under-Appreciated Planet

Students write from the point of view of the most under-appreciated planet.

Holiday Emoji Story 🚚

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Halloween Emoji Story 🌕

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 🤖

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Squiggles Collection 1

Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?

Squiggles Collection 2

Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?

Random Emoji Prompt Generator

Click up an interesting, visual writing prompt suitable for any grade or purpose.

Create A Civilization: Design A Flag

What makes for a good flag? What makes a bad flag?

Art Lesson: Two-Point Perspective

Let’s get students’ art really popping with two-point perspective!

Self Portraits Part One: Line Drawings

Anyone, yes anyone, can create a (somewhat) realistic self-portrait using these steps. Anyone!

Notice Wonder: Z-Machine

A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!

Welcome, Students!

A video to welcome students to Byrdseed.TV.

Improving Presentations 3: The Storyboard and Slides

It’s time to turn that outline into a storyboard and then some actual slides.

Improving Presentations 2: Planning The Outline

After watching some great presenters, let’s outline your presentation!

Using Creativity Tools To Develop A Learning Exploration: Step Four

How do you turn “go research something” into a structured, creative learning exploration? Kathryn Haydon walks through it step by step.

Historic Social Media

How would people from history have interacted online? Students will develop a conversation online between people involved in the same event from history.

Drawing Natural Curves Like Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy turns leaves and stones into art. Your students will learn to draw his signature natural curves — then build on them.

Disneyland Parking Tram Math Project

A full parking structure. Thousands of people. Trams that hold a few dozen. How many trips? Real math with a place kids actually care about.

Better Stories Part 1: The Big Idea

We open our unit on narrative writing with a big idea: “structure increases creativity.” I show how this is true by bringing in examples from across all disciplines.