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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Greek Mythology: All 7 Word Puzzles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers a MYTHOLOGY word list (56 words) in seven word puzzles. To solve the mythology word puzzles use the Latin root or Latin word part, the vocabulary definition, part of speech and the Greek Mythology vocabulary word list....
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Mycoted: Lateral Thinking Puzzles

For Students 9th - 10th
A storehouse of puzzles designed to train the brain to think in atypical ways. Find riddles, visual puzzles, analogies, math problems, and more. Excellent source of raw material for practicing original and creative thinking one puzzle at...
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Starfall

Starfall: Puzzles

For Students K - 1st
In this interactive students click on one of the black statues to break them down into shapes; then they reconstruct the statue by putting the puzzle pieces together, which shows the animal that it represents and replaces the statues...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Zero Sum

For Students 3rd - 6th
Welcome to Zero Sum, a fun math-puzzle game! Drag the tiles over the target numbers to reduce their values to zero. Be careful to make sure that none of the target numbers get reduced below zero. If you get stuck, use the reset button to...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Two Bad Ants Realism vs. Fiction Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was designed to accompany Scott Foresman Reading- 3rd grade- Unit 6- Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg. It covers a variety of reading strategies, including making predictions, context...
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NASA

Nasa: Earth Science Games

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have fun while exploring earth science. NASA offers seven games online games: Droplet and the Water Cycle, What on Earth?, Word Puzzles, Drag 'n Drop Puzzles, Pangaea Map Game, Tectonics Quiz, and Color Me!
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Cut the Knot

Cut the Knot: 3 Glasses Puzzle

For Students 9th - 10th
Challenge students to a well-known riddle involving three different-sized glasses, some water, and a goal of a certain amount to be measured out. At this site, students can actually "pour" the water back and forth to solve the problem.
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Puzz.com's 1001 Best Puzzles: Brain Training Games: Analogies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
These four self-scoring analogy tests include a number of open ended analogies to challenge your logic skills.
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Hong Kong Education City: English Campus

For Students 9th - 10th
English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...
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Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Does It Make Sense?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Two reading games where students are given two sentences, and will choose the sentence that makes sense. For each correct answer, students will be given puzzle pieces to put in place.
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Lwhs Donna D

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page provides two word puzzles and a word list using the theme of LWHS-DonnaD. It also offers a Vocabulary Word List for Eagles (144).
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ABCya

Ab Cya: 2048

For Students 4th - 6th
2048 is a challenging number puzzle for kids and grown ups. The object is to join the numbers to get the 2048 tile. Use your arrow keys to move tiles. When two tiles with the same number touch, they merge into one!
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Got It

For Students 1st - 8th
Sharpen your logical thinking and see if you can figure out the strategy to get to the target number before the computer.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Games for Grammar Usage in High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article advocates the use of games to teach grammar to high school students. It offers reasons and ideas for finding such games and describes one game called SWAT.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Rhyming Word Games

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This article explains that rhyming words help children learn to spell. It describes how to play three different rhyming word games: Disappearing Rhyme Man, Rhyme that Word, and Rhyme Hunt.
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Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Game: Does It Make Sense? Game 3

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This reading game offers young readers two sentences; they are to click on the one that makes sense. Then they are to drag a piece of a rocket puzzle into place. When the puzzle is complete, the game is over.
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British Council

British Council: Goldilocks Porridge Puzzle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Play Porridge Puzzle with Goldilocks to uncover words from the familiar childhood tale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."
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University of Washington

The Senses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Weather

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive and printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is weather.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Science Crossword Puzzles: The Ear [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Practice with vocabulary about the ear by completing this seven-question crossword puzzle.
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: The Fifty States

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network presents an online crossword puzzle that you can print or play online. This one is on The Fifty States. Subject matter may be a bit deep for an elementary student to work on independently.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Science Crossword Puzzles: Atoms and Matter [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice with vocabulary about atoms and matter by completing this seven-question crossword puzzle.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: One Big Triangle

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and addition facts skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Other

Senses: Online Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Have fun finding words associated with the five senses: smell, taste, touch, hearing, and sight. When finished with the game, rescramble the word search and play again.