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Asking students to “think creatively” won’t get you far. They won’t know how to start, they’ll get stuck with simple ideas, or they’ll just go completely wild. SCAMPER is a tool for scaffolding the process of creativity.
Who can get to 100 first in this simple, but delightful, math game?
A favorite of mine! This task is delightfully complex and ambiguous, forcing students to make choices without enough information and with no right answer. How will they survive on the moon for three days?
So what are some new ways to use a paperclip?
Why does this dinosaur keep looking at me…
How to draw the final version of the twisty Henri Matisse knot!
What’s going on in this painting? Who is that guy? What’s his job? And where’s his other boot?
Ready for a tricky counting and divisibility game?
How to draw a simple version of this twisty Henri Matisse knot!
This optical illusion looks like a 3D staircase, but it’s all drawn on a plain piece of paper.
What would the consequences be if all people lived much, much longer?
What if this triangle pattern just kept repeating… forever!?
Teach your students about basic cryptography and code making.
What if we completely rebuild something slowly? What if we completely rebuild it all at once? Is it still the same thing?
A worksheet pack featuring writing prompts, a summer essay project, a science-based escape room activity, and image analysis prompts.
A music video filmed on 64 phones and then displayed on 64 phones. What?
Who can make the most boxes from dots in this strategy game?
Try this a simple (but surprisingly strategic) grid-filling game!
A crocodile makes a deal. But the deal creates a paradox. Can your students untangle a 2,000-year-old logic puzzle?
What do you see in this squiggle?
Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.
In this grid-based strategy game, who will be the last to add to the snake?
These two tables are the same size. But how!?
Crosswords, image analysis, and writing prompts for Halloween!
What if one side played with THREE QUEENS and the other had SEVEN KNIGHTS!? What if?
Watch astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti cook a meal in zero gravity on the International Space Station.
Who can guess the codeword first?
The story of the Fabergé Eggs is heartbreaking. It’s also the perfect way to build empathy in your classroom.
So, what can a cardboard tube be used for other than holding wrapping paper?
Learn how to play the abstract, paper-and-pencil game Sprouts.
Various desserts melt in surprisingly different ways.
How fast do you get your mathematical car going without crashing?
Oil paint floats on water and becomes a familiar scene.
Imagine Tic-Tac-Toe if both players could play as both Xs and Os!
You could keep zooming in on this snowflake forever!
Shaolin kung fu students as seen from a satellite.
Can your students tell the difference between cubism and abstract art?
Want to take Tic-Tac-Toe to the next level!? Imagine a 15×15 board. You must get five-in-a-row. You cannot get six-in-a-row. That’s Gomoku!
What happens when you blow a bubble in below-freezing temperatures?
Try this a simple (but surprisingly strategic) subtraction game!
Shakespeare’s Much Ado summarized in just five minutes!
