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Youth Emergency Preparedness

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
What is an emergency, why is preparing for one important, and how can your pupils help others prepare for an emergency? Answer these questions and more with a short unit. Learners will participate in a variety of collaborative,...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tynker Hour of Code Puzzle: Dragon Dash

For Students 5th - 8th
Students solve complex coding puzzles by applying computer programming concepts and enhance STEM learning outcomes as they play a fun coding adventure game. Learn skills such as patterning, sequencing, nested loops, conditionals, plus...
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Other

Robo Z Zle: Puzzle Games

For Students 9th - 10th
Solve the first level of puzzles and register to solve or create more complex levels.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Puzzle Drops

For Students 3rd - 6th
Puzzle Drops is a fun match-3 puzzle game that the whole family will enjoy! Click/tap to rotate the puzzle piece and then drag it to the appropriate place on the game board. You'll have to use some strategy to reach the goal in each level.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Daisy's Plumber Puzzle

For Students 2nd - 6th
Daisy needs your help getting water to all the snoozing flowers! Use your plumber skills to rearrange the pipes so that the water flows from the faucet to the thirsty flower. The whole family will have fun with this puzzle game!
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Alarmy

For Students 2nd - 6th
Alarmy is a fun physics based puzzle game for all ages! Help Alarmy wake up his fuzzy friends as he makes his way through different levels. You never know what type of challenges Alarmy will face!
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Robo Trobo

For Students 3rd - 6th
Robo Trobo is a problem solving game for kids of all ages. Kids will need to guide Robo through complex puzzles in order to complete the different levels. Have fun and think outside the box!
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Light on 2

For Students 3rd - 6th
Who turned off the lights? Well, we'll need your help turning them back on. Use logic and reasoning to light up the rooms with the different tools provided. Are you bright enough to complete this challenging puzzle game?
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Top Builder Challenge

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students were challenged to create something powered by rubber bands. Check out the winners and runner ups. Can you recreate theirs or create one of your own?
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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of free learning activities that teach computer science through games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. The activities introduce students to computational thinking through concepts such...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: 2048

For Students 4th - 6th
2048 is a challenging number puzzle for kids and grown ups. The object is to join the numbers to get the 2048 tile. Use your arrow keys to move tiles. When two tiles with the same number touch, they merge into one!
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ABCya

Ab Cya: 10 X 10 Ice Cream Adventure

For Students 3rd - 6th
10 x 10 is a fun puzzle game for the whole family! Help Mr. Pebbles score points by dragging the ice cream into the grid to fill up vertical and horizontal lines. There are lots of tasty ice cream treats to help you along the way!
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Prisoner Boxes Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
Your favorite band is great at playing music but not so great at being organized. They keep misplacing their instrucments on tour.
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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Minimal Spanning Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
This puzzle shows students the decisions involved in linking a network between houses in a muddy city. It can lead on to a discussion of minimal spanning tree algorithms for optimizing networks.
Activity
San Jose State University

San Jose State University: Categorical Fun

For Students 9th - 10th
Six logical problems are defined to challenge students to use critical thinking skills as they tackle these brain-teasers. No answers are provided, but there are some instructions for how to approach the problems.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Zippy Boxes

For Students 2nd - 6th
Zippy Boxes is a fun stress-free puzzle game that will keep you entertained for hours. Move the colored boxes to the square containing the same colored key to unlock the crazy creature trapped inside. Parents and children will have a...
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TED Talks

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

For Students 9th - 10th
You're the realm's greatest mathematician, but ever since you criticized the Emperor's tax laws, you've been locked in the dungeon. Luckily for you, one of the Emperor's governors has been convicted of paying his taxes with a counterfeit...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Alarmy 2

For Students 2nd - 6th
Alarmy is back in this fun physics based puzzle game! Kids of all ages can help Alarmy wake up more of his fuzzy friends. Alarmy 2 is packed full of new challenges and obstacles. Do you have what it takes to collect all 72 stars?
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Should You Trust Unanimous Decisions?

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine a police lineup where ten witnesses are asked to identify a bank robber they glimpsed fleeing the scene. If six of them pick the same person, there's a good chance that's the culprit. And if all ten do, you might think the case...
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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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ABCya

Ab Cya: Mythical Jewels

For Students 2nd - 6th
A whole treasure chest awaits and diamonds & emeralds abound in this glittering Match-3 puzzle game. Create bigger matches for awesome boosts! Can you reach a high score before you run out of moves?
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you like to build and create new things? Check out this collection of 48 different engineering activities providing opportunities for creative building using things around the house. These include activities like spinning, rubber band...
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Spinner

For Students 3rd - 8th
What can you build with things around the house? Select what you would like to make, click on three items you have and want to use, and click on the spinner to get ideas and instructions.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How High Can You Count on Your Fingers? Spoiler:much Higher Than 10

For Students 9th - 10th
How high can you count on your fingers? It seems like a question with an obvious answer. After all, most of us have ten fingers- or to be more precise, eight fingers and two thumbs. This gives us a total of ten digits on our two hands,...