Playlist: Bookmarks
What’s In My Brain: Spain vs Germany
One column is an example. The other isn’t. Can your students figure out the hidden rule before the reveal?
Bobbing for Apples
What is bobbing for apples like… for an apple?
Squiggles Collection 1
Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?
What If… No Sleep?
What would the consequences be if no one had to sleep anymore?
Shift Cipher (Codes Part 1)
Let’s encode and decode secret messages like Julius Caesar!
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!
SCAMPER: Scaffolding Creativity
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.
Game: Order and Chaos
Imagine Tic-Tac-Toe if both players could play as both Xs and Os!
Ghost
Ghost is a word-building game for two players. The first person to create an actual word loses.
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!
Game: Notakto
What if you only played Tic-Tac-Toe with Xs and you could play on multiple boards?
Why Is Our Calendar So Weird!?
Why are there 12 months? Why don’t weeks fit into months evenly? Why don’t weeks fit into the year evenly? What’s going on with the calendar!
Improving Presentations 1: Watching The Greats
Get better at giving presentations by studying the greats!
Persuasion and Packaging: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
How does a drink’s packaging affect us emotionally and logically?
Furnishing A Hotel
Design and furnish hotel rooms on a budget. Real math, real constraints, real decisions. Then pitch your hotel to investors.
Engineering: Build A Bridge
Using real bridges as their starting point, students will construct bridges out of straws and paperclips.