Playlist: Bookmarks
Crossing Every Bridge Exactly Once (aka Eulerian Paths)
How can you cross each bridge in this city exactly once?
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.
Chomp
Chomp away at your opponent in this grid-based strategy game.
Sprouts
Learn how to play the abstract, paper-and-pencil game Sprouts.
Fractals: Sierpinski’s Triangle
What if this triangle pattern just kept repeating… forever!?
Fractals: Koch Snowflake
You could keep zooming in on this snowflake forever!
Showing A Character’s Trait
We tell students to ‘show, not tell’ — but that advice is useless until they experience the difference. This lesson makes it click.
How to Play Go
Ready to learn a 2,500-year-old Chinese board game? Let’s… Go!
How Many Students Can Fit On The Playground?
So… just how many kids could we cram onto the playground?
The Game of 100
Who can get to 100 first in this simple, but delightful, math game?
Introduction to Watercolor
For TeachersA mosaic technique that makes watercolor approachable. Students walk away with something they’re proud of.