When the weather outside is frightful, the right activity can transform students’ pent-up energy into laughter, movement, and ...

Shawn Young has a class full of warriors, mages, and healers. Warriors get to eat in class, mages can teleport out of a lecture, and healers can ask if an exam answer is correct. But this isn’t some ...

I’m sharing my favorite Mindware toys from Oriental Trading that I use in the classroom for fun and educational brain breaks. These games—like Twangled, Tightrope, Contraptions 50, and more—not only ...

This lesson utilizes an adaptation of the board game Periodic: A Game of the Elements to help students better understand both general periodic trends and the law of conservation of energy. This ...

In this video, I share a fun, academic-based classroom game I call “Snake.” It’s perfect for keeping young students quiet and focused while they build vocabulary skills. I demonstrate how to play the ...