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TEKS ELA Standard: 1.1.B

follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a short, related sequence of actions

Domino Chain Takes 10,000 Steps
Omni-Directional Sidewinder Forklift
unscrew a lightbulb and then screw a new one in
cutting into individual leaves
origami caterpillar
a 3D staircase
folds and launches paper airplanes
toss leftover tea in -40°C
Marble Course All Around the Backyard
Making a Chain Link From a Red-Hot Rod
Drawing A 3D Staircase
Drawing A 3D Staircase
This optical illusion looks like a 3D staircase, but it’s all drawn on a plain piece of paper.
Path Cipher (Codes Part 4)
Path Cipher (Codes Part 4)
Now let’s try the Path Cipher – a cipher that mixes things up even more than Zig Zag did.
Squiggles Introduction
Squiggles Introduction
What do you see in this squiggle?
Squiggles Collection 1
Squiggles Collection 1
Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?
Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE
Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE
One letter. Add another. And another. How tall can you build the pyramid before you run out of words?
Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!”
Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!”
Can your students come up with a one-syllable word to sum up their time away from school? And then rewrite The Beatles’ song Help!?
Drawing An Impossible Triangle
Drawing An Impossible Triangle
Here’s how you can draw The Penrose Triangle, an example of an impossible shape.
Drawing Knots, Level 1
Drawing Knots, Level 1
How to draw a simple version of this twisty Henri Matisse knot!
Word Pyramid: I to LIONS
Word Pyramid: I to LIONS
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Sets of Idioms Related to Body Parts
Sets of Idioms Related to Body Parts
Five sets of five idioms, all related to body parts!
Looping Grid Art
Looping Grid Art
Pick a few numbers, draw some corresponding lines on grid paper, and you’ll end up with some interesting, looping math-y art!
Cram
Cram
Try this a simple (but surprisingly strategic) grid-filling game!
Art Lesson: Two-Point Perspective
Art Lesson: Two-Point Perspective
Let’s get students’ art really popping with two-point perspective!
An Escher-Style Tessellation Project
An Escher-Style Tessellation Project
Create a piece of repeating art in the style of MC Escher!
Game: Snakes
Game: Snakes
In this grid-based strategy game, who will be the last to add to the snake?
Math Game: Heaps
Math Game: Heaps
Try this a simple (but surprisingly strategic) subtraction game!
Game: Gomoku
Game: Gomoku
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!
Bulls and Cows
Bulls and Cows
How quickly can you break the numeric code?
Chomp
Chomp
Chomp away at your opponent in this grid-based strategy game.
Sprouts
Sprouts
Learn how to play the abstract, paper-and-pencil game Sprouts.
Depth and Complexity: 🚦 Rules
Depth and Complexity: 🚦 Rules
Is there a consequence for not doing something? You may have found a rule!