TEKS ELA Standard: 1.11.B

Simon Beck’s Massive Snow Drawings

Frozen Soap Bubbles

Ice Bike With Circular Saw Wheels

Mechanical Dinosaur Costume

Carved Pumpkin Stop-Motion

Samurai Folded From One Sheet of Paper

Fold a Tiny Paper Book

Omni-Directional Sidewinder Forklift

Square-Wheeled Tricycle

Apple Harvesting Machine

Backdraft in Slow Motion

Faig Ahmed’s Surreal Woolen Carpets

Popsicles Made From Polluted Water

Stop-Motion Animation Made With Leaves

Kid Invents a Seed-Launching Backpack

Embroidered Food

Lego-Compatible Tape

Dude Perfect Archery Records

Lego Sun, Earth, and Moon Model

Steph Curry’s Warmup Trick Shots

Hand-Painted Rock Portrait

The Lion King’s Giraffe Costume

Optical-Illusion Sculptures Made of Garbage

Charles Schulz Draws Peanuts Characters

3D-Printed Zoetrope

Self-Leveling Pool Table on a Ship

Faux Shadows on Streets

Insects Made From Plant Clippings

Jetpacks Flying Over Dubai

Underwater Volcanoes Erupting

Stacking Books on Rolled-Up Paper

Tossing Tea at -40°C

Jackie Chan Portrait Made of 64,000 Chopsticks

Cube-Shaped Watermelons

Floating Ball of Water on the Space Station

Portraits With Globs of White Paint

Shredding Paper With Lego

Wood Bending Machine

Scythe vs Brushcutter

Boiling Water at -41°C

Mathematical Art Flip Book

Time Lapse of a Tiny Painting

Hair Dryer Kinetic Art

Making a Chain Link From a Red-Hot Rod

Maze Generator

Create and print mazes for your students – with bonus side quests!

Halloween Problems and Solutions

When we try to solve a problem, sometimes we end up creating new problems. Which lead to new solutions. Which lead to new problems.

Emoji Stories 🚗

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 🐻

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 🛥️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Super Specific Similes: Quick Baby

Let’s make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.

Squiggles Collection 3

Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?

Squiggles Introduction

What do you see in this squiggle?

Squiggles Collection 1

Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?

Squiggles Collection 2

Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?

New Uses For A Chair

So, what can a chair be used for other than, you know, sitting in?

New Uses For An Aluminum Can

So, what CAN a CAN be used for other than storing liquids?

Random Emoji Prompt Generator

Click up an interesting, visual writing prompt suitable for any grade or purpose.

Create A Civilization: Currency

What type of currency will your civilization use? What symbols will be on it? Why are they significant?

Self Portraits: Text Art

What if a students’ self-portrait was made of words that describe the student!?

SCAMPER: Scaffolding Creativity

Asking students to “think creatively” won’t get you far. They won’t know how to start, they’ll get stuck with simple ideas, or they’ll just go completely wild. SCAMPER is a tool for scaffolding the process of creativity.

Improving Presentations 3: The Storyboard and Slides

It’s time to turn that outline into a storyboard and then some actual slides.

Writing Clear Directions

Can you write directions so clear that a group of kids can put a toy together with no illustrations?