Playlist: Kristin's favorites
Contig
Roll three dice and combine them using any mathematical operation. But be strategic to maximize your points!
Antagonyms: Dust, Clip, and Left
Dust can mean “remove dust” but also “add more dust!”
Two Animals Switch Biomes
What if a capybara and a kangaroo rat switched homes? Would their adaptations be helpful at all?
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.
Words Within Words: CORNMAZE
How many words can you find within CORNMAZE?
Word Pyramid: T to PLANET
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect T and PLANET?
How Many Ways: Multiply Fractions Equal 1/4
One equation. Digits one through nine. How many ways can you make it work?
Not Like The Others: Rainforests
Which of these rainforests is not like the others?
Antonym Paths
Does the antonym of an antonym bring us back to the same meaning?
How Many Will There Be? Desks
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
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?
Word Ladder: Work to Hard (4 Steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Addition: 3 Digits Plus 2 Digits (Multiple Solutions)
Typical practice problems don’t move students up Bloom’s Taxonomy. With this framework, you’ll see kids stop and really think about how to approach multi-digit addition.
Jotto
Who can guess the codeword first?
Punctuation Power
In a sentence, punctuation may seem meek when compared to those mighty words, but punctuation has incredible power over the meaning of a sentence. Students will try re-punctuating sentences to find new meanings – without changing a single word!
Same Perimeter, Different Area For Rectangles
Can two rectangles have the same perimeter but… different areas!?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Introduction
Your students will try to match up definitions that belong to the same homophone in this brain-boggling vocab puzzle.
A Nutrition-Based Math Project
Let’s create a parody ad attacking a surprisingly calorie-rich meal.