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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?
What if one side played with THREE QUEENS and the other had SEVEN KNIGHTS!? What if?
Shaolin kung fu students as seen from a satellite.
Oil paint floats on water and becomes a familiar scene.
Various desserts melt in surprisingly different ways.
How fast do you get your mathematical car going without crashing?
Writing prompts, non-fiction analysis, and science topics related to Christmas and Hanukkah.
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.
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.
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!
You could keep zooming in on this snowflake forever!
Crosswords, image analysis, and writing prompts for Halloween!
Imagine Tic-Tac-Toe if both players could play as both Xs and Os!
Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?
The first person to run out of regions loses in this strategy game.
What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?
What surprises can you spot when a kernel pops in super slow-mo?
Hey! Our New Year traditions have a lot in common.
It’s Hamlet in just about five minutes!
What would the consequences be if a town’s tap water became… unreliable?
Shakespeare’s Much Ado summarized in just five minutes!
Put these animals into groups. Then do it again. Then… do it one more time. How does re-re-grouping the same creatures reveal new patterns and give new insights?
How to draw a more complex version of this 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?
How to draw the final version of the twisty Henri Matisse knot!
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?
These two tables are the same size. But how!?
What if this triangle pattern just kept repeating… forever!?
How to draw a simple version of this twisty Henri Matisse knot!
What would the consequences be if all people lived much, much longer?
Ready for a tricky counting and divisibility game?
