Playlist: Bookmarks
Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Order
Willy Wonka’s factory looks like madness, but underneath it all is a careful plan. Students watch Wonka fill out a frame about himself, then fill out their own: their roles, their patterns, their rules, and their hardest decisions.
Adding and Subtracting Fruit
Use super cute fruit to introduce algebraic thinking to your young math students.
Introducing Universal Theme of Power
So what could you do with a Universal Theme of Power? Well, here’s an introduction that will get your students’ brains sweating.
Building Creative Confidence with the Torrance Tests
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersHere are a bunch of ways to quickly practice creativity with your students for zero dollars.
Brain Needs or Heart Needs
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersWe think of gifted kids as only having academic needs, but – in their own words – they also have many needs of the heart.
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?
Exposing Students to Classics
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersSome kids hear Mozart at home. Others don’t. Let’s make sure every student gets exposed to the classics — art, music, and film.
Math Curiosity: The Coloring Problem
No video gets me more email from students! How few colors can you use to color in any map so that no two, neighboring regions are the same color?
Inductively Analyze Website Reliability
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersRather than giving students rules to apply to websites, let them analyze websites to create rules.
Students and Personality Types
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersHow can our students be so different? And how can we help them to understand themselves and each other better.
Add Layers To Direct Instruction
★ Bookmarked • For TeachersTake direction instruction beyond a monotonous practice of the same skill over and over.