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- 3rd - 5th
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Students make potato puzzles to represent how the world looked many years ago. They manipulate the puzzle pieces to represent movement of the Earth's plates and to determine which is better a map or a globe. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students search this puzzle for the names of 20 of the most populous Native American groups in the United States today. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students, while working in centers read Richie's Rocket by Joan Anderson, and then create a puzzle using ideas, emotions, and experiences from the story. In addition, they write specific definitions for certain words, use those words in sentences, write a synonym for the word, draw a picture of the word, and create a short dramatic scene from the story. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students use vocabulary words from a unit about electricity and magnetism to construct crossword puzzles. They visit a puzzle-making site and create individual puzzles which they then trade with other classmates. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students match visual attributes by completing puzzles of known objects. Teacher preparation for this lesson includes taking pictures of familiar objects, printing them, and cutting the pictures into puzzle pieces. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 7th
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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 their puzzles to other classes for them to solve. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students practice geometric and spatial principles through the creation of a tangram puzzle. They describe and identify shapes by folding them into the pieces necessary to complete a tangram. Students attempt to assemble their tangrams and create an additional set based on information contained in a story read in class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students define vocabulary words using print or online dictionaries; create crossword puzzles with those words and definitions; and share their puzzles with peers for review. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students design a fraction word problem PowerPoint presentation. In small groups they complete a storyboard graphic organizer for their word problem, evaluate another group's word problem, and create a PowerPoint presentation of their own fraction problem. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 6th
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Students visually represent their identities on handmade puzzle pieces. They participate in a personal get-acquainted activity designed to build friendships in a new group. They get to know new classmates with fun. Students etch five large puzzle pieces with the tip of a Erasable Colored Pencil. Full Review »
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