100 floors, 100 Faberge eggs, one thief, and one escape vehicle. Young logicians put together what they know to determine how a thief can safely drop a fragile Faberge egg out a window of the city museum into her waiting truck and escape.

Concepts

algorithms, riddles, logic, numbers binary

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Pause the video at 1:36 to provide viewers with an opportunity to find the answer to the riddle
• Challenge class members to work alone, in pairs, or in small groups to solve the riddles

Classroom Considerations

• Use after a study of search algorithms

Pros

• The resource includes a detailed explanation for how to use a search algorithm to solve the riddle

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a