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American Museum of Natural History

Train of Thought

For Students 6th - 12th
Hop aboard the train of thought. A remote learning resource has learners consider thought experiments to consider scientific theories. It provides two examples, one on orbiting bodies and the other on the speed of light, for them to work...
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Poetry4kids

Five Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Every writer knows how terrible writer's block can feel. Use these five writer's block-busting techniques to help young writers get out of their rut and into a better state of mind.
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American Museum of Natural History

What's This? Feeding

For Students 6th - 12th
Some species have pretty creative methods for catching food. Young scientists learn about some interesting ways organisms get the nutrients they need by navigating an online interactive lesson that would be suitable for a remote learning...
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American Museum of Natural History

What's This? Staying Safe

For Students 6th - 12th
Amaze the class with the creative adaptations species employ to trick predators. An online interactive lesson introduces learners to six different species with unique adaptations. Each species highlights a different adaptation and its...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Intersections: Inspiration and Creativity

For Students 9th - 10th
Where does artistic inspiration come from? A series on NPR about the influence of artists on other artists helps to answer the question. Inspiration and creativity are shown to flow from an intense study of work of others.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Creative Problem Solving Bingo: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week (January 4th), we are working on problem-solving.m
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The Second Principle: On Creativity: On Creativity an Introduction & Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very informative page on the creative process, written by an educator. There are links to books, creative thinking patterns, brainstorming activities, and how to inspire creativity, to name a few.
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Agricultural Marketing Resource Center: Creativity Tools

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Explore these "creativity" tools in order to create a productive and manageable solution within your setting.
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Institute and Museum of the History of Science: Mind of Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive museum-mounted exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci looks at all his intellectual and creative pursuits: artistic, scientific, mathematic, and technological. Includes an array of stunning images and video presentations, along...
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Mind Tools

Mind Tools: Creativity Tools: Develop Creative Solutions to Business Problems

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
20 techniques for solving problems in creative ways. Fantastic tool for teachers and leaders.
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Goshen College

Eleven Classroom Creativity Killers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Something for every art educator to read and consider. Bartel outlines 9 things that most teachers do in the classroom that potentially kill their student's creativity.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Art Bingo: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week we learn that art communicates ideas and feelings.
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Other

Childdrama.com Children's Theatre and Creative Drama

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Playwright and teacher's site is full of his own material plus links, definitions, lesson plans, rules, references, and photos from productions!
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Critical and Creative Thinking Bloom's Taxonomy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A simple site that gives concise definitions to critical thinking and creative thinking. Included are links to more resources about these thinking processes.
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Smithsonian Institution

Lemelson Center: Invention at Play

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this mind challenging and creative site, you will learn how play and inventiveness are related. Hear inventors' stories, set your own inventive thinking in motion, and see video commentaries about the nature of play and whether or not...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Sharing Your Creativity, Part 2: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math and Literacy development. This week (December 21st), we're learning how developing new artistic ideas helps us to express our thoughts and feelings.
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Teaching Creativity Skills: Creative Thinking Skills for Life and Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Presents information about how to use creativity in the classroom. There are also many links to other sites that contain additional resources pertaining to creativity.
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Creativity Web: Resources for Creativity and Innovation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Containing links to many resources to various aspects of creativity, this site can help spark your own imagination for how to implement creative thinking in your own classroom.
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Other

Creative Thinking: Three Basic Principles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Understanding these three basic principles of creative thinking can help teachers focus on ways to enhance and encourage creative thinking in the classroom.
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Mind Tools

Mind Tools: How Creative Are You?

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know how creative you are? Take this quiz and find comprehensive and personalized answers to find your creative strengths and weaknesses.
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Other

Creativity Workers: Not Just Dancing and Acting

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Some interesting observations about work and creativity in the 21st century and what it all means for education.
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Valuing and Developing Creativity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With the emergence of the 21st century skills in education, creative thinking and creative teaching are beginning to have more prominence within the educational structure. This article addresses the need to put creativity in the center...
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Mind Tools

Mind Tools: Creativity Tools

For Students Pre-K - 1st
There are two different styles of creativity, technical and artistic. This article focuses on technical creativity and its two main strands, programmed thinking and lateral thinking, with examples of each approach.
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Mind Tools

Mind Tools: Generating New Ideas: Think Differently and Spark Creativity

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Need a fresh idea? Many students and teachers often can get stuck in a rut and their creative juices simply stop flowing. Help generate new ideas by learning how to break thought processes, connect the unconnected, shift your...

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