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Jungle Speed

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Jungle Speed was invented approximately 3000 years ago by the Aboulou Tribe in Eastern Trisopotamia to determine the shares of food each member received after a successful hunt. The Aboulous originally used eucalyptus leaves as cards for the game.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
10 min.
Jungle Speed

24/7 Seven

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24/7 is a fast playing strategy game. Players lay one tile at a time on a 7x7 grid and score points for adjacent tiles in rows that create runs, sets and sums of 24 or 7. With its easy to learn rules, quick play and subtle depth of strategy, you'll be totally immersed within minutes.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Math
Play Time: 
20 min.
24/7 Seven

The Code Crackers

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Players are detectives racing to catch the thief!

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Math
Play Time: 
20 min.
The Code Crackers

FITS

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Can you skillfully fill in your playing board so that all the differently shaped tiles fit perfectly without leaving any spaces?! If a piece doesn't fit precisely, slot it in the best you can because the game's not over yet.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Special Education
Play Time: 
20 min.
FITS

Police Alarm

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One player is the band of thieves, attempting to break into safe deposit boxes. The other player is the police, trying to hunt them down before they escape.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Special Education
Play Time: 
20 min.
Police Alarm

Uluru

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We're in Australia, a land of myth and magic, and every night at sundown eight dreambirds gather around the holy rock Uluru. To make the magic work to its fullest, they all wish to land in specific locations to fulfill specific conditions.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
20 min.
Uluru

Marrakech

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The bazaar is bustling: it's the big day at the rug market! The best salesperson will soon be named!

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Math
Play Time: 
30 min.
Marrakech

Mondo

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In Mondo, players compete against each other while also racing against the clock.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Special Education
Play Time: 
30 min.
Mondo

Science of Music (1998)

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Crank it up – it’s the “Music” episode.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:23
Science of Music

Patterns (1998)

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Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill Nye the Science Guy is here to talk about patterns.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:23
Patterns

Ingenious

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Designed by Reiner Knizia, Ingenious is the popular board game in which two to four players place colored tiles on a hexagonal board, scoring points, blocking opponents’ tile placement, and protecting themselves from being blocked.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
30 min.
Ingenious

Mummy's Treasure

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Each player, or treasure hunter, has an excavation site board, or a rectangular cardboard grid decorated to look like an Egyptian archeological site. Stacks of treasure tiles are set up between the players, sorted by size and shape.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Math
Special Education
Play Time: 
10 min.
Mummy's Treasure

Problem Solving Part 2 (2004)

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--review of Part 1
--the discovering patterns strategy is used to solve a problem discovering patterns in number sequences.
--the making lists and charts strategy is used to solve a problem with disparate and incomplete information
--the drawing pictures and diagrams strategy is used to solve a problem about the number of poles needed to build a fence

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:21
Problem Solving Part 2

Brandon the Brave (Ricahard Ritterschlag)

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Want to be as strong, brave and glorious as the knight Richard Ritterschlag? To become a knight, all knaves first have to master regal tasks and prove that they have good intuition. Your task is to seek out giants, dragons, witches, and other dangers!

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Other
Special Education
Play Time: 
10 min.
Brandon the Brave (Ricahard Ritterschlag)

Spot It!

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Spot it! is a simple pattern recognition game in which players try to find an image shown on two cards. Each card in Spot it! features eight different symbols, with the symbols varying in size from one card to the next. Any two cards have exactly one symbol in common. For the basic Spot it!

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Special Education
Other
Play Time: 
15 min.
Spot It!

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