Playlist: Bookmarks
Tournament of Not-So-Famous Inventors
Which inventor and invention will win the tournament?
Special Gifts with Special Requirements
Your special friends sure have some unique gift needs!
Olympics: Medals by Population
Do big countries always have the most medals? Which smaller countries rank surprisingly high in the Olympics?
Analyze Paragraphs: Baseball
Three paragraphs about baseball. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.
A Lunar Survival Mission
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?
Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective)
Want something to do during the holiday season that is both fun and involves thinking? Get students writing about what a snowman would think about Halloween or what a ghost would think about Thanksgiving.
Student Introductions With Depth and Frames
Want to introduce the tools of Depth and Complexity and learn more about your students and introduce the Frame graphic organizer? Have I got the activity for you!
The Angles of a Triangle
Why tell a kid the rules of a triangle when they can discover them!?
Fractals: Koch Snowflake
You could keep zooming in on this snowflake forever!
What Do Mean and Median Mean?
When will mean and median give us different results?
Fraction Puzzlers: Add and Subtract Fractions To Reach A Number
You only have six digits to form three fractions. Can you combine them to get to 0?
How Many Students Can Fit On The Playground?
So… just how many kids could we cram onto the playground?