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NPR Weekly Puzzle - National Public Radio
Grades
6 to 45
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Cryptography - Historical Ciphers - Trinity College, Hartford
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site as a quick lesson during a history or statistics class, in an attempt to teach students about how some ciphers were solved and how it affected history. Peruse a few of the ciphers as a class on the interactive whiteboard, as a challenge have students try to make or solve one on their own! Students can present their ciphers on the interactive whiteboard, and try to stump their peers!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Anyday
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
This site would make for a great creative writing project for students in a high school english class. Have students search for their birth date, and find one person on that list that they can focus their paper on. Have students research their historical person, eventually writing a analytical paper about the similarities and differences between their own life and that of their selected person. Teachers can focus more on similarities to make it more difficult and interesting - but it is a great way to get students thinking about comparing and contrasting.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Archimedes' Laboratory Puzzles
Grades
6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Buggy and Buddy - Make Your Own Kaleidoscope - Buggy and Buddy - Science for Kids
Grades
2 to 8In the Classroom
This would be a good center activity to have with a parent or older buddy helping out.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MathsChallenge
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
These problems could be used in class as extra challenges or online rewards for completed assignments.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History of Recording Technology
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Teachers may want to guide their students' use of this site. This site is a little text-heavy, but would be a great way to show the progression of the music industry over the modern era. Share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector as an introduction to this unit or as review.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Moon Illusion - Sandlot Science
Grades
6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NRich Online Maths Club
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Most of the articles on the site are written for teachers, not students. There are some interesting ideas on teaching strategies.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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BrainQuest - Workman Publishing
Grades
4 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Play SET Online - Set Enterprises
Grades
4 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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More Brain Teasers - Hoagies
Grades
1 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Planetarium: a puzzle-story in twelve weekly installments
Grades
7 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Word Magnet Puzzles
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Try this as a brainstormer in your poetry class, or as a vocabulary builder.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ChessKids
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Use the free sample curriculum to help develop student's cognitive development and critical thinking skills. Download the first version of the curriculum (for free) that is not aligned to the CCSS, but does follow Bloom's Taxonomy and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MENSA Workout - MENSA
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
This site offers a great mental workout for gifted students or other students who seem to need an added challenge in the classroom. Include this site on your teacher website so that such students may access it outside of class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Grey Labyrinth
Grades
5 to 12In the Classroom
Include this site on your teacher web page for students to access outside of class for additional mind-stretching practice. Also, consider sharing this site with your teaching colleagues who work with your gifted students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Grand Illusions
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Share this site with your teaching colleagues who work with your gifted students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Odyssey of the Mind
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Entry into the competition requires each team to purchase a membership. However, this is a great resource and opportunity for teachers who work regularly with gifted students needing an additional challenge. Consider purchasing such a membership for your students, or pass the site along to a fellow teacher who works regularly with such students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Internet for Classrooms - Internet4Classrooms, LLC
Grades
1 to 12This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Keep this bookmarked for a variety of ideas to update your curriculum continually to keep it fresh and intriguing. The technology tutorials can teach old dogs new tricks, or also help young dogs find new tricks. Allow your students to choose from a variety of project ideas for their highest level of motivation. Add as a resource on your web site for fun sites for your students to explore. Use many tools given in tutorials to make your presentations sizzle, for students, teachers, or other audiences. Challenge gifted students with brainteasers, puzzles, accelerated curriculum, or ACT/SAT prep.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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