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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 aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards for Grade 4 and combines both coding and content to reinforce the ideas of area, perimeter, linear measurement, and angle 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 u