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Interactive
Science Museum, London

Science Museum: Launchpad Online: Launchball

For Students 9th - 10th
Use your knowledge of physics concepts like electricity, reflection, magnetism, etc. to complete interactive online puzzles.
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Activity
Other

Edte.ch: Maths Maps

For Students 1st - 8th
Maths Maps is a collaborative project where participants use Google maps to choose a location within one of the cities highlighted, then create a Math problem about the site. The problems are marked on the map with various colors...
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Professional Doc
Other

Loughborough Univ.: Young Children's Problem Solving in Design and Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This 1997 article from the Journal of Design & Technology Education at Loughborough University in the UK looked at the problem-solving strategies young children use in design and technology tasks, both independently and when working...
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Other

Education Services Australia: Digital Technologies Hub: Systems Thinking and Ai Applications

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson takes a systems thinking approach to understanding the place of artificial intelligence (AI) as a component within solutions to real-world problems.
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Article
Other

Interaction Design Foundation: What Is a Wicked Problem and How Can You Solve It?

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever come across a problem so complex that you struggled to know where to start? Then you have stumbled upon a wicked problem. While these problems may not have a definite solution, there are certainly things you can do to...
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Article
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Cross Disciplinary Proficiencies: American Diploma Project Benchmarks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students must graduate from high school with not only a firm foundation in mathematics and English, but also with the ability to approach with confidence new and unfamiliar tasks and challenges in college, the workplace and life....
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Prisoner Boxes Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
Your favorite band is great at playing music but not so great at being organized. They keep misplacing their instrucments on tour.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Would You Sacrafice One Person to Save Five?

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine you are watching a runaway trolley barreling down the tracks.
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Interactive
Global Problem Solvers

Gps: Global Problem Solvers Series

For Students 4th - 8th
This informational resource provides information about Cisco's Global Problem Solvers, an animated STEM series from CISCO that features a group of middle school students who work together to solve social problems.
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Activity
Global Problem Solvers

Gps: Global Problem Solvers: The Series: Season1: Working Well

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Global Problem Solvers is an animated STEM series from CISCO that features a group of middle school students who work together to solve social problems. This teacher's guide provides discussion ideas and activities that that connect to...
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Graphic
Global Problem Solvers

Gps: Global Problem Solvers: The Series Season 1: Working Well: Storyboards

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Global Problem Solvers is an animated STEM series from CISCO that features a group of middle school students who work together to solve social problems. This teachers resource provides pictures and words that summarize each episode.
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Global Problem Solvers

Gps: Global Problem Solvers : The Series Season 1: Working Well: Scripts

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Global Problem Solvers is an animated STEM series from CISCO that features a group of middle school students who work together to solve social problems. This teacher's resource provides scripts for each Global Problem Solvers episode...
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Activity
Global Problem Solvers

Gps: Global Problem Solvers: The Series Season 2: Storm Force: Scripts

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Global Problem Solvers is an animated STEM series from CISCO that features a group of middle school students who work together to solve social problems. This teacher's resource provides scripts for each Global Problem Solvers episode...
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Interactive
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Firefox

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to use and customize the Firefox web browser in this free tutorial.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Cyberchase: Crack Hacker's Safe

For Students 2nd - 5th
This resource provides an interactive game which involves number, color, and shape patterns. Click on the help button when additional help is needed.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Coin Flip Conundrum

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Po-Shen Loh describes the counterintuitive math behind flipping a coin.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Buried Treasure Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
After a massive storm tears through the Hex Archipelago, you find five grizzled survivors in the water. As an act of gratitude for saving them, they reveal a secret- the island they were just on holds some buried treasure. But when the...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Rebel Supplies Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
You're overseeing the delivery of supplies to a rebel base in the heart of enemy territory. To get past customs, all packages must follow this rule: if a box is marked with an even number on the bottom, it must be sealed with a red top....
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Alien Probe Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
Your team has developed a probe to study an alien monolith. It needs protective coatings in red, purple and green to cope with the environments it passes through. Can you figure out how to apply the colors so the probe survives the trip?
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: 5 Tips to Improve Your Critical Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson is introduced with a video that explains five steps in critical thinking to follow that can help when making decisions. Includes multiple-choice and open-ended questions, as well as background information about the discipline...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Fish Riddle?

For Students 4th - 8th
In this riddle, some endangered fish species are being transported by water and a storm causes them to be thrown overboard. Your task is to devise a way to rescue them. The video provides some pointers on how to approach the problem....
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Lesson Plan
Global Problem Solvers

Global Problem Solvers:the Series Season 2: Storm Force: Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Global Problem Solvers is an animated STEM series from CISCO that features a group of middle school students who work together to solve social problems. This teacher's resource provides a lesson and discussion guide for each Global...
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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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Website
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: How Old Are Galaxies?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about galaxies: How old are they? How can we study things so far away? What is the most distant galaxy? What can we learn by studying distant galaxies?