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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Easter Island Mystery

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, you'll look at a single event-the collapse of the population on an island-from different points of view. You're going to try to make sense of what happened there, and you'll do this using an interdisciplinary approach....
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Blue Box

For Students 4th - 6th
In a very blue world of a very square box, there is green, red and blue, and a puzzle to solve. Help move the bouncing blue box from the green box to the red box. Both children and parents will find tons of fun in this addicting puzzle...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Blobble

For Students 1st - 6th
Blobble is slimy strategy puzzle game that will keep you slipping and sliding for hours! The goal is to fill an entire space with blobs, using only the tools available in each level. Do you have what it takes to complete all 45 levels?
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Ball Ornaments Puzzle

For Students 4th - 6th
Ball Ornaments Puzzle is a fun winter holiday activity. Kids must find as many ornaments as possible by locating matches to the example ornaments shown. The game is over when all 150 ornaments have been found or when the time has run...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Aqua Thief

For Students 2nd - 6th
Dive into fun as you help Aqua Thief in his quest to capture the shiny underwater treasure! Draw lines with your finger or mouse to collect the coins. Watch out for the Aqua Cops! Use one move to score 3 stars and unlock new powers!
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Baby Chick Maze

For Students K - 1st
Baby Chick Maze is a fun memory-based strategy game for the whole family! Help the baby chick get back to its mother by guiding it through challenging mazes from memory. Don't blink! You might miss the path the baby chick needs to take.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Bridge Hopper

For Students 4th - 6th
Bunny is hungry for carrots, but unfortunately they're all the way on the other side of the bridge! Help guide Bunny to his food without running out of moves. But be careful! When Bunny hops onto a closed bridge, the bridges adjacent to...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Calendar Game

For Students 3rd - 5th
The Calendar Game is a fun way for kids to practice scheduling while solving word problems. Kids will be asked to select ten activities and to schedule them on a 30 day calendar. To schedule an activity the clue or word problem must be...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Cake Topping

For Students K - 1st
Cake Topping is a fast-paced stacking game! Click or tap the screen to build a tower of cake as high as possible!
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: What Can We Do With Math

For Teachers 2nd
This lesson requires students to think independently to problem solve using math. Lesson includes a video and pictures to help you implement this lesson.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Light on 2

For Students 3rd - 6th
Who turned off the lights? Well, we'll need your help turning them back on. Use logic and reasoning to light up the rooms with the different tools provided. Are you bright enough to complete this challenging puzzle game?
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Alarmy 2

For Students 2nd - 6th
Alarmy is back in this fun physics based puzzle game! Kids of all ages can help Alarmy wake up more of his fuzzy friends. Alarmy 2 is packed full of new challenges and obstacles. Do you have what it takes to collect all 72 stars?
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Alarmy

For Students 2nd - 6th
Alarmy is a fun physics based puzzle game for all ages! Help Alarmy wake up his fuzzy friends as he makes his way through different levels. You never know what type of challenges Alarmy will face!
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Robo Trobo

For Students 3rd - 6th
Robo Trobo is a problem solving game for kids of all ages. Kids will need to guide Robo through complex puzzles in order to complete the different levels. Have fun and think outside the box!
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Matchboxes and Problem Solving

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the charts to complete a five-question quiz about problem solving experiments.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Elinor Wonders Why: Hide & Seek

For Students Pre-K
Play hide and seek with Elinor and friends! Click on the characters that are hiding in this interactive game.
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Article
Other

Sim Professional Development and Enterprise Learning: 3 Reasons Why Systems Thinking Is Important for Innovation

For Students 9th - 10th
In a world where interconnectedness and complexity hold sway, systems thinking offers a disciplined approach to make sense of the world and find innovative solutions to problems. How can a disciplined systems thinking approach lead...
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Article
Other

Luis E. Romero: Solving Complex Problems With the 11 Laws of Systems Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th
Systems thinking is the key to solving complex problems and achieving simplicity. Furthermore, by applying systems thinking to different situations, we also start to recognize the existence of universal patterns of behavior in business...
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Article
Other

Interaction Design Foundation: Complex Socio Technical Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Complex socio-technical systems are intricate societal and global problems: challenges where designers strive to define human problems, understand the far-reaching implications of these and address them carefully. As they are hard to...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Transformation Creations

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The learners will use critical thinking skills and artistic abilities to "transform" an image into something completely different. The original images can be taken with a digital camera and printed out or cut from old magazines.
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Activity
Ministry of Education and Employment of Spain

Red Escolar: Un Problema De Caballos

For Students 6th - 8th
In Spanish. In chess there are many mathematical problems related to the way the pieces move on the board. Chess is more than just a game. By playing chess students can develop their problem solving skills. Several chess activities are...
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Article
Virtual Salt

Virtual Salt: Problem Solving Techniques

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is filled with many ideas and techniques regarding problem solving skills. All of the techniques are listed in a sequential list to help clarify the steps involved.
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Graphic
Other

Problem Solving: Definition, Terminology and Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
A very concise and informative article about problem solving. Provided are definitions, terminology and patterns associated with problem solving.
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Handout
Other

Problem Solving: 3 Highly Effective Tools

For Students 9th - 10th
Problem-solving skills are important to learn in the 21st-century classroom. This brief article lists three tools by Edward De Bono that can help you develop good problem-solving skills.