Einstein is often quoted as having said "If I have an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes." Clearly Einstein understood how to attack puzzling problems. As teachers we face a host of puzzles on a daily basis. Every student we teach, thanks to their idiosyncrasies presents a unique puzzle. The interactions between students further complicates things. Our goals for our learners, their learning needs, the demands of the curriculum, pressures from beyond the classroom all result in puzzles for us to manage and to solve.
Premium Crossword is an online crossword puzzle game using the words and content from your lists.* Use this activity as your own personal crossword puzzle maker. Make crossword puzzles for kids that use content created especially for your students by entering your word list and customizing the sentences! Crosswords can be played as puzzles online or printable puzzles may be generated as worksheets for your students.
Assemble or create virtual jigsaws with your own photos and images. A great resource to hide clues, a twist on a multiple choice quiz or answers to homework.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+&+Images
Download this crossword making software to create your own puzzles for your class. Just enter the words and clues. The software does the rest.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular
Kenken is a logic puzzle game similar to Sudoku, but players are given + - x or ÷ questions to solve the area and complete the grid. This site has a range puzzles at various complexities and difficulty levels.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Tanga wants to sell you stuff but they prove these excellent puzzles.
Great think puzzle for grade 8 and above and for Gifted and Talented kids.
A new one every few days.
Educational games site from the Australian Broadcasting Network.
They include puzzle/quiz, sport, action, adventure and others.
I played the Wallace and Grommit games under "Puzzle/Quiz" which was very entertaining.
Looking at the world through via Google Earth offers striking images of the diversity of our planet and the impact that humans have had on it. Today's entry is a puzzle -- part 2 in a series (part 1 here), this time offering multiple choices. We're challenging you to figure out where in the world each of the images below is taken. North is not always up in these pictures, and, apart from a bit of contrast, they are unaltered images provided by Google and its mapping partners. So I invite you to have a look at the images below, make your guesses, and see your score at the end. Good luck!