For this compound words worksheet, 5th graders complete a crossword puzzle as they figure out the answers to sixteen clues or sentences associated with spelling words with compound words.

In this homophones worksheet, 5th graders complete a crossword puzzle as they figure out the homophones in eleven spelling clues and sentences.

In this apostrophes instructional activity, 6th graders fill in a crossword puzzle as they figure out the answers to fourteen clues associated with spelling words with apostrophes.

For this calculus worksheet, students solve an intriguing cryptogram addition puzzle comprised of calculus vocabulary words. There is 1 cryptogram and solution.

In this algebra worksheet, students solve a cryptogram puzzle to prove that two wrongs add to a right.  There is 1 cryptogram and solution.

What would you think of an app that provides a creative introduction to an important 21st century skill, challenges learners at many levels, and is an addictively, fun game? Did we also mention it was free? We think you will find all...

Students practice using proper communication and cooperation skills.

Students determine how much it would cost to build a pyramid using modern materials and ancient methods. They design scale drawings, models and submit final cost bids in an attempt to get the job of building a pyramid.

Second graders utilize manipulatives (pentominoes) to demonstrate knowledge of: lines of symmetry, slides, reflections (flips), rotations (turns), area, and perimeter. This lesson plan gives students a meaningful way to practice these...

In this trigonometry worksheet, students solve for the degree or the ratio in 48 questions using the 6 basic trigonometric functions. 

Young scholars explore the origin of tangram. In this algebra lesson, students form different shapes and figures using tangram. They solve for the area of different shapes without using any geometric formulas, but the idea of tangram...

In this government PowerPoint, students view an increasingly larger portion of a photograph of the U.S. Congress as they receive clues about the picture's subject matter. This PowerPoint riddle and photograph format provides an...

Get mathematicians engaged with number terminology using this puzzle activity! Learners determine the selected number from a hundred board by eliminating numbers using clues. As a group, each learner has a specific role, outlined in the...

If your kids have experience solving Sudoku puzzles, they'll love this resource! It's a Spanish Sudoku puzzle, using Spanish numbers scattered throughout the puzzle's squares. No answers are provided. 

Elementary schoolers practice measuring elapsed time between events. Learners work together to complete a worksheet, embedded in the plan, on elapsed time. The puzzle they must solve takes some time to complete. One of the tasks each...

Have a sense of humor when discussing human anatomy with your class! Through puzzles and riddles, learners become comfortable with words relating to reproduction and development. They combine mixed up words from the "vocabulary gene...

Inspire your pupils to really think about sentence subjects by asking them to puzzle out eight word puzzles to determine the subjects and then match them to the correct predicates. They then write three of their own complete sentences.

What is the Spanish word for neck? What about foot? Give your beginning Spanish speakers this crossword puzzle to learn the Spanish translation for different body parts. Each body part is represented by a cartoon picture, and the learner...

Add a twist to the practice of simplifying expressions. The task asks scholars to decode a mathematical puzzle using their knowledge of expressions. If they are able to write and simplify the expression, the mathematics behind the puzzle...

The memoir A Long Way Gone tells the story of a child soldier during the civil war in Sierra Leone. A crossword puzzle helps reinforce key ideas found in the memoir. The puzzle addresses characters, key events, and other details...

Imagine a race to complete a puzzle where each person has the same 50 pieces, knows they are missing other pieces, and must figure out how everything fits together. The winner gets fame, listed in books for years to come, and a financial...

Students identify the geographic locations of each state of the United States. Working cooperatively, they put togehter a giant puzzle of the United States using their individual pieces.

I really like this clever lesson on using peanuts to help facilitate the learning of addition and subtraction for your young mathematicians. Youngsters use peanuts as "counters" for a variety of math problems that include greater than...

Engaging and fun, this lesson is a good way to reinforce context clues with this lesson, in which middle schoolers investigate literary puzzles. They apply critical thinking skills to codes in order to solve them. They use a variety of...