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Cognitive neuroscience studies have found that creativity coupled with the opportunity to think critically fosters divergent thinking. In these ten 10-Minute Challenges, students are provided with the framework to apply their understanding of academic content, such as area, perimeter, two dimensional shapes, and simple machines, in novel situations. While academic vocabulary is used in the challenges, this resource is not designed to prepare students for upcoming assessments, but rather challe

This two-day lesson is aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards for Grade 3 and combines both coding and content to reinforce the ideas of fractions, perimeter, and linear measurement. The lesson is written to be used with Wonder Workshop's Dash robot though a robot is not required to complete the math tasks. The tasks are scaffolded to build a student’s understanding of the mathematical concepts throughout the lesson’s progression. From how to use a ruler to calculating a p

Cognitive neuroscience studies have found that creativity coupled with the opportunity to think critically fosters divergent thinking. In these five 10-Minute Challenges, students are provided with the framework to apply their understanding of academic content, such as area and perimeter, in novel situations. Academic vocabulary is used in the challenges and this resource can be used to better prepare students for upcoming assessments. This 16 page resource contains 5 quick challenges utilizing