Danny Wall

Over two dozen fun and engaging Games to enliven and enrich your classroom! Launch meaningful discussion out of fun and energetic activities! These games have been played and tested with high school students of the IB Diploma Programme for more than three years. Each game also includes a list of variations for you to tailor your experience, whether you need a high-energy whole-class activity or a quiet, reflective warm-up. A summary of essential understanding also helps to guide your follow-up

A game of creative reasoning! (From the book Games of Knowing) You can use logic puzzles to help foster lateral thinking in the classroom. Something as simple as a word riddle can provide an opportunity to think about Reason as a Way of Knowing for T.O.K. classes, or can be used in language arts classes for the plot twists, or science classes for a model of data analysis. Or of course just to have some fun while teasing your brain!

Keep the ball going; keep the numbers growing! This game requires just as much mental agility as it does physical. Passing a ball? Simple. Counting upwards from 1? Piece of cake. Trying to do both, with a little twist added just for fun? A challenge! From the Games of Knowing book, this activity serves as a warm-up to introduce Math for the Theory of Knowledge course in the IB Diploma Programme.

Free lesson plan! Please share! "How much more is ART a way of DEDUCTIVE REASONING than it is a PIZZA of knowledge?" "No UNFAIR person will EXPLODE a TRUTH for a LIE." "“To what extent do the (MENTAL NOUNS) that we use (CONSTRUCTION VERB) the conclusions we (ACTIVE VERB).” Need a lesson plan to introduce T.O.K. Prescribed Titles? Here's an idea to play around with the structure of titles to develop deeper insight! It's a TOK lesson in the style of Mad Libs(tm)! Students will understand that