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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Should You Trust Unanimous Decisions?

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine a police lineup where ten witnesses are asked to identify a bank robber they glimpsed fleeing the scene. If six of them pick the same person, there's a good chance that's the culprit. And if all ten do, you might think the case...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

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

For Students 9th - 10th
Your rich, eccentric uncle just passed away, and you and your 99 nasty relatives have been invited to the reading of his will. He wanted to leave all of his money to you, but he knew that if he did, your relatives would pester you...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

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

For Students 9th - 10th
You're stranded in a rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need an antidote excreted by a certain species of frog. Unfortunately, only the female frog produces the antidote. The male and female look...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

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

For Students 9th - 10th
Your expedition finally stands at the heart of the ancient temple. But as you study the inscriptions in the darkness, two wisps of green smoke burst forth. The walls begin to shake. The giant sandglass begins flowing with less than an...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve "Einstein's Riddle"?

For Students 9th - 10th
Before he turned physics upside down, a young Albert Einstein supposedly showed off his genius by devising a complex riddle involving a stolen exotic fish and a long list of suspects. Can you resist tackling a brain teaser written by one...
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: I Spy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
These interactive matching games for elementary age students combine visuals of familiar objects and rhyming riddles to create brain-teasing puzzles.
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Handout
University of Michigan

Personal Site: Antagonyms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This personal site is a good resource page for teachers who are teaching about word meanings, slang, synonyms, antonyms and word contradictions.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Brain Teasers Banner

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use these twelve printable brain teasers with your math lessons. Each one is illustrated and provides directions to assist you in finding the answer.