Playlist: Bookmarks
What’s In My Brain: Ball vs Book
Let’s look at Kinetic vs Potential Energy!
Math Curiosity: Magic Triangles
Can you make each side of this triangle add up to 9 using the digits 1-6?
Notice, Wonder: Bloom
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Cram
Try this a simple (but surprisingly strategic) grid-filling game!
Game: Snakes
In this grid-based strategy game, who will be the last to add to the snake?
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.
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!
Dots and Boxes
Who can make the most boxes from dots in this strategy game?
The Resiliency Tournament
Your students will set up a tournament to determine which person or character best demonstrated resiliency.
Creating A Classroom Motto
Starting with specific examples of fantastic classroom behavior, your class will end up with one sentence summing up their expectations. It’s a classroom motto!
The Game of 100
Who can get to 100 first in this simple, but delightful, math game?