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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing Riddle Rhymes With Jean Marzollo

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Children's author Jean Marzollo will teach you how to write "I Spy Riddle Rhymes"! There is a teacher's guide included.
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Chateau Meddybemps

Chateau Meddybemps: Animal Riddles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Who-am-I riddles that have young learners using clues to figure out what kind of animal is being described. "I have wings but I'm not a bird." "I can breathe through a hole in the top of my head." Simple language and colorful...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Number Riddles Numbers Up to 100000

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice with whole number place value by solving riddles.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Riddle Game: Oral Blending

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A fun classroom game! The teacher says a riddle, gives the sounds that make up the answer, and the students guess the answer by blending the sounds together.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: The Exeter Book Riddles in Context

For Students 9th - 10th
The Exeter Book, compiled by 10th-century clerics, contains a number of surprisingly euphemistic riddles. This article explores what these bawdy puzzles tell us about sex and gender in Anglo-Saxon England.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Zora Neale Hurston Video: Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

For Students K - 1st
Learn about Zora Neale Hurston with this video clip, printable biosketch reader, and support materials. About the Show: "Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum" is a PBS KIDS show based on the popular book series, "Ordinary People Change...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Helen Keller: Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

For Students K - 1st
Learn about Helen Keller with this video clip, printable biosketch reader, and support materials. Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum is a PBS KIDS show based on the popular book series, "Ordinary People Change the World," by Brad...
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Riddles of the Sphinx

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Sphinx has remained a mystery for centuries. How was it built and who or what does it represent? These are a few of the questions that Nova's team of archeologists try to answer as they search for clues about these colossal...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Riddle of the Bones

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online companion Web site of "Evolution," the seven-episode series on PBS, piece together clues to how one of our early ancestors looked as you examine images from four significant fossil finds of Australopithecus afarensis.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Virus Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
Your research team has found a prehistoric virus preserved in the permafrost and isolated it for study. After a late night working, you're just closing up the lab when a sudden earthquake hits and breaks all the sample vials. Will you be...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Pirate Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
Amaro, Bart, Charlotte, Daniel, and Eliza have struck gold- a chest with 100 coins. But now, they must divvy up the booty according to the pirate cod. Can you help come up with the distribution that Amaro should propose to make sure he...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Buried Treasure Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
After a massive storm tears through the Hex Archipelago, you find five grizzled survivors in the water. As an act of gratitude for saving them, they reveal a secret- the island they were just on holds some buried treasure. But when the...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Dark Coin Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
As a world-renowned treasure hunter, you have been searching for the legendary dungeon containing the stash of ancient Stygian coins. The wizard who owns the castle has even allowed you to have them, on one condition you must solve his...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Leonardo Da Vinci Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
You've found Leonardo da Vinci's secret vault, secured by a series of combination locks. Fortunately, your treasure map has three codes: 1210, 3211000, and, the last one appears to be missing. Can you figure out the last number and open...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Rebel Supplies Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
You're overseeing the delivery of supplies to a rebel base in the heart of enemy territory. To get past customs, all packages must follow this rule: if a box is marked with an even number on the bottom, it must be sealed with a red top....
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Alien Probe Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
Your team has developed a probe to study an alien monolith. It needs protective coatings in red, purple and green to cope with the environments it passes through. Can you figure out how to apply the colors so the probe survives the trip?
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Killer Robo Ants Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
The good news is that your experimental robo-ants are a success. The bad news is that you accidentally gave them the ability to shoot deadly lasers and you can't turn it off. Can you stop them from escaping their habitat before the...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Stolen Rubies Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
Townspeople are demanding that a corrupt merchant's collection of 30 rubies be confiscated to reimburse the victims of his schemes. The king announces that the fine will be determined through a game of wits between the merchant and the...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Time Travel Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
Your professor has accidentally stepped through a time portal in his physics lab. You've got just a minute to jump through before it closes and leaves him stranded in history. Your only way back is to grab enough colored nodules to...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Multiplying Rabbits Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
After years of experiments, you've finally created the pets of the future- nano-rabbits! They're tiny, they're fuzzy and they multiply faster than the eye can see. But a rival lab has sabotaged you, threatening the survival of your new...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Secret Werewolf Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
You're on the trail of a werewolf that's been terrorizing your town. After months of detective work, you've narrowed your suspects to one of five people. You've invited them to dinner with a simple plan: to slip a square of a rare...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Giant Iron Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you test the batteries so that you get a working pair in seven tries or less?
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Vampire Hunter Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
You've stealthily descended into the darkness of a vampire cave, setting a sequence of mirrors as you go. When the sun reaches the right angle in the sky, a beam of light will ricochet along the mirrors, strike a diffuser, and illuminate...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Jail Break Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
Your timing made you and your partner infamous bank robbers. Now, you need to use that timing to break out of jail. Your partner is about to flash you a signal, and exactly 45 seconds later the electric fence circuit will short out. Then...

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