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Crossing Every Bridge Exactly Once (aka Eulerian Paths)

Crossing Every Bridge Exactly Once (aka Eulerian Paths)

How can you cross each bridge in this city exactly once?

SCAMPER: Scaffolding Creativity

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

Chomp away at your opponent in this grid-based strategy game.

Sprouts

Sprouts

Learn how to play the abstract, paper-and-pencil game Sprouts.

Fractals: Sierpinski’s Triangle

Fractals: Sierpinski’s Triangle

What if this triangle pattern just kept repeating… forever!?

Fractals: Koch Snowflake

Fractals: Koch Snowflake

You could keep zooming in on this snowflake forever!

Showing A Character’s Trait

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

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?

How Many Students Can Fit On The Playground?

So… just how many kids could we cram onto the playground?

The Game of 100

The Game of 100

Who can get to 100 first in this simple, but delightful, math game?

Introduction to Watercolor

Introduction to Watercolor

For Teachers

A mosaic technique that makes watercolor approachable. Students walk away with something they’re proud of.