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Can we classify quadrilaterals like we classify living things?
Pi is mysterious and strange! Why not let students discover it on their own?
Why tell a kid the rules of a triangle when they can discover them!?
How to structure and run an ongoing research projects based on students' own curiosities.
Let's group letters by their symmetry, then create symmetrical words, and then symmetrical sentences!
Using patterns, students try to deduce where that area formula came from.
Which are trapezoids and which are not?
Kathryn Haydon begins a series on how to design an independent learning exploration.
The Frame graphic organizer is a tool for studying one topic using four different angles.
How do you mentally (and emotionally) prepare yourself for the big day?
It's time to turn that outline into a storyboard and then some actual slides.
Which shapes go together based on parallel and perpendicular lines?
Much like a camera pans, we can pan to related topics in order to develop an interesting extension question for students.
In this video, Kathryn Haydon explains how she helped her students develop questions for their independent study.
In this video, we're continuing the camera metaphor and "zooming in" to explore the glossed-over details that are worth an entire unit of study onto themselves.
In this video, Kathryn Haydon explains how she designed creative products to finish her students' learning explorations.
A video to welcome students to Byrdseed.TV.
In this video, Kathryn Haydon explains how she helped her students form activities to pursue their independent study.