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Explore the playful side of invention and the inventive side of play in Invention at Play.  Learn how play - the ordinary and everyday "work of childhood" - connects the creative impulse of both historic and contemporary inventors.  Great activities with simple machines and other invention ideas.

"Mystery Skype is a fun, teacher-invented learning game that builds students' cultural awareness, critical thinking, and geography skills. And now this free OneNote notebook-packed with tips and how-tos-gives your classroom a single place to prep, track, and learn together. Get it today!"

Mystery Skype is an educational game, invented by teachers, played by two classrooms on Skype. The aim of the game is to guess the location of the other classroom by asking each other questions. It's suitable for all age groups and can be used to teach subjects like geography, history, languages, mathematics and science. Check our Mystery Skype OneNote to see all the wonderful things you and your class can do together to play Mystery Skype and organize your session.

"These are just a very few examples of different types of poetry. Most of the definitions have at least one example of each particular type of poetry for better understanding. All examples were provided by the members of Shadow Poetry or previous Egroup. More definitions for related poetry items may be found in the Shadow Poetry Handbook (link located above). As a bonus, we feature poetry forms created by selected poets as new and challenging writing styles. Try not only the traditional forms, but some of the rewarding invented formats as well!"