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Articles:
19 Innovative Classroom Ideas to Promote Creativity
Thinking Inside the Box - Constrain the Brain to Promote Creativity
K-2
3+
K-5
Mystery Doug: 5 minute videos that inspire students to ask questions.
Chess Variants- https://www.chessvariants.com/
Chess News- https://www.chess.com/news
Learn Chess Moves- https://www.chess.com/learn
Chess Talk- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HDXr-sNPnWLF_Q-y3KduA
Valentines Patterns - what comes next
4-5
6-8th
Various Resources for 6-8 Critical Thinking
K-8
The Critical Thinking Company Sign up for weekly critical thinking activities to be sent to you specifically to your grade level
Spontaneous Thinking Problems - Odyssey of the Mind
More Spontaneous Thinking Problems
India Bix - non-verbal figure matrixes
Destination Imagination Activities
Destination Imagination Activities II
Several Links to Destination Imagination Sites
Another link to several sites with a training video
K-12
Design:
Computational and Design Thinking
Origami Activity and Link
Origami Tutorials - Intermediate
There are many more origami sites out there. Search in google for what you are looking for. Think about the Ted Talk that we watched. What could you create, what could you design, what animated video could you make with your creations.
Chess Variants- https://www.chessvariants.com/
Chess News- https://www.chess.com/news
Learn Chess Moves- https://www.chess.com/learn
Chess Talk- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HDXr-sNPnWLF_Q-y3KduA
Free Online Critical Thinking Playroom
TedEd Daily - subscribe for free to get a daily "Learn Something New"
Critical Thinking "Bologna Challenge Infographic"
Emojicons for Depth and Complexity
FREE ONLINE BRAINTEASERS, MIND GAMES, PUZZLES and more!
Mensa for Kids: The high IQ society has put together a fun site of puzzles and games designed just for kids.
Math Playground: Great logic games, word problems, and can generate worksheets
Cool Math: They say they are the world’s most popular educational game site.
Fun Brain: They say they are the internet’s #1 educational site. Offers reading and math games.
NASA Kids Club: Choose skill level. Space and memory games. Good graphics.
PBS Games: Scroll down the page and choose by educational topic. Good Graphics.
BrainBashers: Tons of brain games. Many Japanese puzzles too.
Grin Riddles: Choose from riddles for kids, hard riddles, funny riddles, and more.
Free Brain Games from Arkadium: (the creator of the solitaire games that come pre-installed with Microsoft Windows) Bridge, mahjongg, sudoku, card games, puzzles, chess and more. These games are of excellent quality.
The Stock Market Game: Students invest a hypothetical $100,000 in an on-line portfolio. Most of my gifted students really enjoyed this game and learned a lot
The New York Times: The Learning Network–teaching and learning with the New York Times, online free lesson plans for grades 3-12. (scroll to the bottom of the page.
Sharp Brains: An award winning top 50 collection. This site is more intellectual in nature, it’s better for adult-child discussion or for use with older kids and adults.
Brain Food: Made to be read, lateral thinking puzzles. Choose between “realistic” and “tricky”.
You Tube with Random Facts & Info to Really Make You Think:
Second Thought: “What Would Happen If You Stopped Drinking Soda”
Crash Course: “We Could Be Heroes”
Crash Course Kids: “Picky Pineapples”
National Geographic: “Cows vs. Crime”
It’s Okay to be Smart: “How an Igloo Keeps You Warm”
Thought Cafe: “Could We Live on Mars?”
TED: “The Tiny Creature Secretly Powers the Plane
The Infographics Show: “Highest Paying Teen Jobs”
Top Tenz: “10 Fast Facts About the James Bond Franchise”
Seeker: “Is Jupiter the Reason for Life on Earth?”
TED x Youth: “How to Become an Entrepreneur”
Today I Found Out: “The Quest for the Four Minute Mile”
Kurzgesagt: In a Nutshell: “The Deadliest Being on the Planet Earth”
What’s Inside?: “What’s Inside an Apple Pencil?”
Finding Stuff Out: “How Stuff Breaks”
Good Mythical Morning: “Will It Butter? Taste Test”
60 Second Philosophy: “Plato’s Theory of Forms”
Knowing Better: “Going after Ghandi”
V Sauce: “Electric Brain”
TED Ed: “Why Does Your Voice Change as You Get Older?”
Real Life Lore: “The Most Unlikely Things that Could Happen to You”
Think Twice: “Fitting a Cube Through a Copy of Itself”
The Slow Mo Guys: “Bear Trap Power”
Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe: “Developing Countries Need Fossil Fuel to Reach our Standard of Living, Right?”
Above the Noise: “How Sunscreen Hurts Coral”
Green Pro 2009: “Optical Illusions: Jaw Dropping Diamonds”
Samimy Productions: “Making Drunk Robot Out Of Junk”
The Frivolous Engineering Channel: “Laser Engraving an Apple”
Mr. Fix It: “How to Restore an Old Wheelbarrow”
I Like to Make Stuff: “How to Make a Giant 100 Foot Slip’N’Slide”
Primitive Life: “Stone Swimming Pool”
TED Ed Clubs: “Insecurities: A Common Thread Among Young Girls”
Jam Campus: “The Periodic Table of Elements Song”
Professor Dave Explains: “Visualizing DNA in Virtual Reality”
Life Noggin: “What Happens When You Get Rabies?”
Free School: “Why Does the Eclipse Move West to East?”
Soliloquy: “Is the Shape of Colorado a Boring Rectangle?”
Conjecture: “Why Does Pouring Water “Gulp?”
AnthroKnowldgey: “The Oldest Buildings on Each Continent”
Draw Curiosity: “How This Honey is Saving Elephants”
Think Fact:“How Many People Did It Take for You to Exist?”
Extra Credits: “1918 Flu Epidemic: Order More Coffins”
Nile Red:“Converting Aspirin Pills to Tylenol”
Smarter Everyday: “Tattooing Close Up and In Slow Motion”
Reactions: “Why Does Stinky Cheese Stink?
Risk Bites: “Will Gene Editing in Sports Lead to Super Athletes?”
Half as Interesting: “That Time 3 Astronauts Went on Strike In Space”
Wonder Why: “Why Can’t We Print Money Off to Pay Debts?”
The School of Life:“The Secrets of a Privileged Childhood”
Origin of Everything:“Why Do We Wash Our Hands After Going to the Bathroom?”
Knowledge Hub: “How a Rebellion Built the Panama Canal”
Name Explain: “What Makes Britain Great?”
Brain for Breakfast: “How Did Cats Build the Pyramids?”
Computerphile: “Inside a Crypto-Mining Operation”
Be Amazed: “Is THIS the Food of the Future? Top 10 Foods Scientists Say We’ll be Eating By 2050”
Skunk Bear: “Why Dogs Have Floppy Ears”
Brain Craft: “How to Think like Einstein”
Hot Mess: “Could Climate Change Make you Allergic to Meat?”
The Brain Scoop: “A Beetle’s Beloved Beer Bottle”
Homeschool Pop: “Human Eye…for Kids!”
Peekaboo Kidz: “What Causes Constipation?”
Smithsonian Channel: “How a Tomato Paid Off This Man’s Mortgage”
Big Think: “Elon Mush is Fulfilling Thomas Edison’s Energy Dreams”
For Critical Thinkers: “Owners or Occupiers”
In the Making: “Simple Science to Stop Starvation”
How It’s Made: “How It’s Made: Laser Eye Surgery”
The King of Random: “Mixing Lava with Liquid Nitrogen”
It’s AumSum Time: “Why Do Cats Have Vertical Pupils?”
Meet Arnold: “What If You Could Fly Into Space in Your Car?”
Individual instruction plan menu for the gifted child - just recommendations (Davidson Academy)
Practice skills of fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality.
Work on specific product development.
Prepare a skit or play for production.
Provide art appreciation opportunities.
Provide music opportunities.
Provide dramatic instruction.
Provide opportunities for dance and movement.
Teach role-playing.
Provide "collage" experience across art, music, literature.
Introduce various artistic forms.
Introduce various musical forms.
Use biographies of creative people.
Teach creative problem-solving.
Use brainstorming.
Provide exhibition space for student products.
Provide opportunities to illustrate school publications.
Allow the child to create new endings for stories read.
Encourage exploration of creative arts careers through library and guidance programs and contact with community members in the creative arts.
Suggest the child illustrate original stories.
Consider providing an artist mentor.
Provide unstructured activities, allowing the student to choose the medium of expression.
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