“Everything is so linear, but this makes me think diagonally!” ~ a student describing Byrdseed.TV

TEKS ELA Standard: 6.1.B

follow and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps

Domino Chain Takes 10,000 Steps

Domino Chain Takes 10,000 Steps

Omni-Directional Sidewinder Forklift

Omni-Directional Sidewinder Forklift

unscrew a lightbulb and then screw a new one in

unscrew a lightbulb and then screw a new one in

origami caterpillar

origami caterpillar

a 3D staircase

a 3D staircase

folds and launches paper airplanes

folds and launches paper airplanes

toss leftover tea in -40°C

toss leftover tea in -40°C

Marble Course All Around the Backyard

Marble Course All Around the Backyard

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.

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?

Parabolic Curve Art

Parabolic Curve Art

Create mathematical art with curves that, well, aren’t curvy.

Four Player Chess

Four Player Chess

Tired of boring ol’ chess? Then you need to try FOUR PLAYER chess!

Game: Wild Tic Tac Toe

Game: Wild Tic Tac Toe

Imagine Tic-Tac-Toe, but both players can both play as both X and O throughout the whole game!

Art Lesson: Two-Point Perspective

Art Lesson: Two-Point Perspective

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

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!

Game: Order and Chaos

Game: Order and Chaos

Imagine Tic-Tac-Toe if both players could play as both Xs and Os!

Chomp

Chomp

Chomp away at your opponent in this grid-based strategy game.

Col – A Strategy Game

Col – A Strategy Game

The first person to run out of regions loses in this strategy game.

Game: Notakto

Game: Notakto

What if you only played Tic-Tac-Toe with Xs and you could play on multiple boards?

Sprouts

Sprouts

Learn how to play the abstract, paper-and-pencil game Sprouts.

How to Play Go

How to Play Go

Ready to learn a 2,500-year-old Chinese board game? Let’s… Go!