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Worksheet
Curated OER

Wordmasters Wordsearch

For Students 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words for the vocabulary list and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

No Title

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the characteristics of a good paragraph and find those characteristics in a good paragraph from the books, "One Day in the Woods," by Jean Craighead George and "Why Do Leaves Change Color," by Betsy Maestro.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Christmas tips

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students integrate a wide variety of Christmas themes within this lesson. They research the background to the history of this holiday. Students create Christmas cards, crossword puzzles and write creative stories on their special...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Team Puzzles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in co-operative teams of four to complete a puzzle. Each student initially works independently, and then the team jointly puts together the four shapes they have individually made, to complete the puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Puzzled?

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice identifying simple geometric shapes. As a class, they discuss positional words and review the words for simple shapes and their characteristics. They work together to create their own puzzle using the shapes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Puzzle Quilts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers watch a demonstration on how to create a puzzle quilt. Using different fabric combinations, they use each block design twice to create the illusion that each block is unique. They are to determine which blocks are the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hidden Collages

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students work together to decide on a theme for their "Where's Waldo" type of puzzle. Using magazines, they collect pictures of the animal, toy or object which is the focus of their puzzle and paste them onto a paper backing. They send...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animals Piece by Piece

For Teachers K - 1st
Students sort organisms and objects into groups according to their parts and describe how the groups are formed.They identify body parts of animals from puzzle pieces, assemble the puzzle, and name the animal.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Make Your Own Shape Puzzles

For Teachers All
Students create their own shape puzzles. They practice putting puzzle pieces together so they fit correctly. They classify and sort the different shapes as they finish the puzzle.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Making Patterns With Rubik's Cube

For Students 9th - 10th
This project challenges you to figure out how to make geometric patterns with Rubik's Cube. Leaving your cube in one of these positions makes it much more tempting to pick it up and 'fix' it. See if you can determine how different...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Devising an Algorithm for Solving Rubik's Cube

For Students 9th - 10th
If you're the kind of person who has taken apart your Rubik's cube in order to grease the inside parts so it will move more smoothly, this could be a great project for you. This will show you three sets of move sequences that accomplish...
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Website
Other

Kostyor (Campfire): Russian Magazine for Children

For Students 9th - 10th
An online version of a well-established Russian children's magazine "Kostyor." Contents include current events for kids, children's literature, jokes, games, Russian history, biographical information on Russian writers, as well as...
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Activity
TES Global

Tes: Printed Quiz on 11: Plus Verbal Reasoning Hidden Word

For Students 1st - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides several word puzzles for students. When given sets of phrases, students will find four-letter words hidden within each set.
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Interactive
Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Words, Words, Words

For Students 9th - 10th
This reference from the Folger Shakespeare Library shares words from the works of William Shakespeare. Word jumbles of Shakespearean words and phrases, along with answers keys, are provided.
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Interactive
Other

Quiz Game Master

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Create your own interactive, web-based quiz games for free! This is a fun way to grab the interest of your students. Check out the sample quizzes to see what you can do!
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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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Interactive
Other

Mathematics: Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains everything you ever needed to know about Fibonacci numbers. You'll find mathematical and historical facts, examples, problems, interactive demonstrations, and more.
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Interactive
Arcademics

Arcademics: Dolphin Dash Count Money

For Students 1st - 4th
Dolphin Dash is a multi-player game that allows students from anywhere in the world to compete against one another while practicing counting money!
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Cyberchase: Fixing the Teleporter Part 1

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video, the Teleporter breaks and the CyberSquad must try to fix it using clues given to them by Ms. Fileshare. This is one in a series of two problem-solving videos. [3:49]
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Transporting to Ms. Fileshare

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad tries to reach Ms. Fileshare by using a 3 x 3 matrix to figure out the various ways they can travel to her.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Word Girl: "Word Girl Cryptogram Puzzle 1" [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 5th
Print this Cryptogram puzzle, fill in the numbers for the alphabet, and solve the hidden message.
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Website
abcteach

Abcteach: Dinosaurs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource features a variety of activities related to dinosaurs. There are interdisciplinary tasks that include writing exercises such as creative writing and story planner formats. Lessons for...
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Activity
abcteach

Abcteach: Number Puzzles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Solve the number puzzles as you practice basic addition skills and improve your number sense. The site has challenging activities with varying levels of difficulty.
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Activity
Primary Games

Primary Games: Jigmania: Snow White

For Students K - 1st
This is a picture story book about Snow White with puzzle pages to rearrange into the picture. It offers three levels of difficulty (number of puzzle pieces).