Playlist: Bookmarks
Broken Calculator: 2-Digit Addition
This calculator adds two-digit numbers wrong, the same way every time. Crack the rule, then predict its next mistake.
Writing Haiku in Primary
Your youngest students will learn to write Japanese Haiku poetry.
Halloween Problems and Solutions
When we try to solve a problem, sometimes we end up creating new problems. Which lead to new solutions. Which lead to new problems.
Improving Shakespeare’s Repetition
Let’s help William Shakespeare with his use of repetition.
What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon
We’re looking at regular vs irregular polygons.
Words Within Words: CORNMAZE
How many words can you find within CORNMAZE?
Van Gogh Self-Portrait Tournament
Who will win the tournament of Van Gogh self-portraits!?
A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong
Let’s go roller skating in a Halloween costume! What could possibly go wrong?
Shift Cipher (Codes Part 1)
Let’s encode and decode secret messages like Julius Caesar!
Create A Civ: Capital City
Every great capital is part geography, part human design. Research real ones, then build your own from scratch.
Fizz Buzz: A Counting and Divisibility Game
Ready for a tricky counting and divisibility game?
Drawing Knots, Level 1
How to draw a simple version of this twisty Henri Matisse knot!
The 8th Wonder of the World Tournament
Which of these eight wonders deserves to become the Eighth Wonder of the World!?
Parabolic Curve Art
Create mathematical art with curves that, well, aren’t curvy.
Tournament of Ancient Inventions
Which of these inventions of the ancient world is most influential? Least useful today? Most taken-for-granted?
Create A Civilization: Currency
What type of currency will your civilization use? What symbols will be on it? Why are they significant?
Create A Civilization: Design A Flag
What makes for a good flag? What makes a bad flag?
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!
Writing About Art: The Scream
Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.
Art Lesson: One-Point Perspective
Let’s give our students an art history lesson while teaching them how to enhance their drawings using one-point perspective.
An Escher-Style Tessellation Project
Create a piece of repeating art in the style of MC Escher!
Notice, Wonder: Blood Falls
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Disneyland Parking Structure Math Project
Your students will use estimation strategies to figure out how many parking spots are there in the parking structure at Disneyland? And you bet I reveal the real answer!
Create A Civilization: A Change In Government
It’s a great moment for your civilization! Power is moving from the hands of a few to a more democratic government.
Writing Sample: Peter Pan
A passage from “Peter Pan” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.
Notice, Wonder: Climber
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
More Specific than “Smart”
When students are told that they’re “smart”, what does this word actually mean to them? (Psst. It isn’t what we intended.)
Create A Civilization: Calendars
Why 12 months? Why 30ish days? Why 7 days in a week? Your civilization could organize a year in any way you want!
Create A Civilization: From Hunter Gatherers to Farmers
What happens when your civilization suddenly has a surplus of food? Think of the possibilities!
Create A Civilization: The River
The Nile, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Seine, the Thames, and now… your river!
Create A Civilization Introduction
Your students build a civilization from scratch — rivers, flags, calendars, currency, government. Social studies, science, and writing woven into one year-long project.
Create A Creature
Create a new creature based on the adaptations of existing creatures from the same biome.
Greekymon
Rather than just memorizing word parts, students will use those word parts to create four possible products.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Nothing could possibly go wrong with a love potion on the loose!
The Game of 100
Who can get to 100 first in this simple, but delightful, math game?
Writing Summaries in Haiku
Let’s write a summary. A very short summary. With VERY strict rules.