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"I began my personal journey into the world of Cubing when I was attending Regis University in Denver, Colorado in 2009. My senior thesis project involved devising a cryptosystem using the Rubik's Cube to encode and decode messages. Although my involvement with the Rubik's Cube waned post-graduation, it was rekindled shortly after I became a secondary teacher of mathematics in 2014. I had several Rubik's Cubes in my possession from my college days and these decorated the shelves in my classroom. I recall these puzzles catching the eyes of many curious pupils. After months of traditional curriculum presentation, I determined that my students were in need of a novel lesson, one that would ignite a passion for problem-solving. This lesson would involve the colourful and alluring hexahedron puzzle on my desk: the Rubik's Cube."

A superb collection of downloadable PDF files of puzzles, Sudoku, crosswords, mazes and much more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

A fun puzzle game where players must draw the objects to solve it. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

A good English spelling puzzle where players are given a object to try to spell. The game has two difficulty levels. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

This math site was recommended this morning by Devan, my grandaughter. She is in 4th grade. She like Bloxors but says you will find lots and lots of great math games ( geometry, puzzles,art, etc.) Really seems like a great site to keep kids learning math and involved.

Fun and Games. How Cool is that!

crossword maker

Link from coxmath.blogspot

These puzzles are not for me. Perhaps I'm too right-brained.

It's probably my Engineering background but some of these assume (incorrectly) alot. For example. "A man is lying dead in a room. There is a large pile of gold and jewels on the floor, a chandelier attached to the ceiling, and a large open window." "Lying" leads one to believe the man is being held down by weight. If we assume he properly set his ballasts for zero/neutral buoyancy he would be floating especially given his now empty tank. Also most wreckage divers use some form of balloon or cabling system attached to a boat to help "carry" heavy loads to the surface. So he wouldn't have been held down by the find. Finally, only the most experienced divers, with the proper training dive for salvage. An experience diver would never be caught out with no air. Not to mention the problems states there is an easy access path with the "large window" so even if things went completely wrong, the diver could have at least tried for the surface. I'm with Sigrid, not for me. ;-)

A useful maths puzzle where players complete the pattern by finding the difference between two numbers. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

At The Problem Site, you can play educational games and daily puzzles, find interesting reference pages, and engage in fun problem solving activities. There are word games, math games, math problems, mystery quests, and many other free educational resources

"A great Android game which teaches children basic programming commands through many levels of puzzles."

A collection of puzzle and quiz makers. Make wordsearches, maths squares and many more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular