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Zen KōAns: Unsolvable Enigmas Designed to Break Your Brain
Why do people attempt to explain the unexplainable? Scholars explore the topic by learning about ancient philosophical thought experiements known as kōans. After watching a brief yet informative video, pupils answer questions and engage...
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Can You Solve the Seven Planets Riddle?
Can you use math and logic to beat the bad guys? You can in space! Take an intergalactic trip into a seedy and speedy crime syndicate with the Seven Planets Riddle, which challenges two interstellar police officers to use deductive...
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Can You Solve the Dark Coin Riddle?
You're trapped in a dark castle with a pile of gold coins that a wizard will only allow you to leave with if you can solve his riddle. Math learners solve the riddle of the dark coin with the help of an engaging instructional video.
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Can You Solve the $20 Riddle?
Do your young scientists love a good brain teaser? A video from an extensive physics playlist introduces a creative way to work those critical thinking skills. Watch as the host works through the scenarios that involve logic, statistics,...
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Spool Riddle - Which Way Will It Roll?
Looking for a challenging brain teaser to stimulate conversation? The spool riddle will make things roll right along! The narrator of the a physics video series explains the constraints of the spool in terms of movement and friction,...
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Mind-Boggling Hiker Riddle
One short riddle can make for some great brainstorming! Introduce young scientists to the hiker riddle with a video from the Physics Girl playlist. The puzzle involves a hiker walking due south, then due east, then due north in one-mile...
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Can You Solve the Magnet Riddle?
Riddle me this! Science sleuths attempt to solve two seemingly simple scenarios with a video from the Physics Girl playlist. The narrator challenges the CEO of YouTube to a battle of wits with a bottle with a tissue, as well as two...
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Can You Solve the Egg Drop Riddle?
100 floors, 100 Faberge eggs, one thief, and one escape vehicle. Young logicians put together what they know to determine how a thief can safely drop a fragile Faberge egg out a window of the city museum into her waiting truck and escape.
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Can You Solve the Fish Riddle?
Riddles are a great way to encourage learners to develop their logical thinking skills, and the fish riddle offers the perfect challenge. Viewers must determine how to rescue a series of tanks containing an endangered species of fish.
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Why Should You Read "Macbeth"?
All is fair in motivating readers. And something wickedly wonderful comes from using a short introductory video to double readers' enjoyment of Shakespeare's tragedy about the ambitious Thane of Glamis. It is a tale told by a genius.
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Check Your Intuition: The Birthday Problem
Happy birthday to you — and to you! A festive video on probability examines the likelihood of two people in a group sharing a birthday, based on the size of the group.
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Can You Solve the Pirate Riddle?
Yo Ho Ho! Landlubbers, seadogs, and scallywags are sure to treasure a video that presents them with the challenge of the pirate riddle. Heave ho! Hornswagglers beware!
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Can You Solve the Virus Riddle?
A vicious airborne virus is about to leak out of your lab, and it is up to you to stop it. Once entering a contaminated room, you destroy it, preventing you from leaving the room the same way you entered. Challenge your class to solve...
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Can You Solve the Three Gods Riddle?
The Three Gods Riddle has been called the "hardest logic puzzle ever." Introduce viewers to the problem with a video that challenges scholars to find the solution.
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Can You Solve the Counterfeit Coin Riddle?
Math enthusiasts and riddle gurus are sure to love a mind-bending puzzle involving a king, a scale, and a counterfeit coin. Middle and high schoolers work through a video that describes a mathematician's challenge to find a false coin in...
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Can You Solve the River Crossing Riddle?
Getting three wildebeest across a river should be no problem— but what happens when you add three lions to the mix? Watch a video that features a classic river-crossing puzzle with a crocodile twist. Viewers listen as the narrator...
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Can You Solve the Control Room Riddle?
Evil syndicates, secret control panels, death rays. As the country's top spy, it is your job to use the provided clues to find the hidden control room and deactivate the ray.
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Can You Solve the Locker Riddle?
Your rich uncle just died and left all of his money to you. However, your evil relatives want some of the prize. Luckily, your uncle taught you everything you need to know about riddles, and has hidden his money. Can you solve...
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Can You Solve the Frog Riddle?
Hey, diddle diddle. Here's a great riddle. But you need to use conditional probability, not a fiddle, to help you pick the right frog in this riddle.
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Can You Solve the Temple Riddle?
Curses, foiled again! Two members of your team have been cursed and will lie to you about the path out of the temple, but you must leave. How do you figure out the correct path? Ah, the riddle of the temple requires logic and...
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Can You Solve "Einstein’s Riddle"?
Riddle me this. The world's rarest fish has been stolen. Who done it? Challenge your young sleuths to tackle Einstein's Riddle and come up with the culprit before being shown the solution.
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Can You Solve the Bridge Riddle?
The zombies are charging and it is your job to get your party safely across the bridge. Are you up for the challenge?
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Can You Solve the Prisoner Hat Riddle?
You've been abducted by aliens! The good news: they don't eat collaborative and logical beings. The bad news: You need to prove that you are capable of working together with your fellow captives to solve a logic riddle. Enjoy a video...
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Can You Solve the Prisoner Boxes Riddle?
Viewers must save the day for their favorite band by helping them find their instruments or the long-anticipated concert will be canceled. The show must go on, so get busy solving this riddle.