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Grouping Quadrilaterals In A Hierarchy
Can we classify quadrilaterals like we classify living things?
Discovering Pi With Sticky Notes
Pi is mysterious and strange! Why not let students discover it on their own?
The Angles of a Triangle
Why tell a kid the rules of a triangle when they can discover them!?
Running A Curiosity Based Research Project
How to structure and run an ongoing research projects based on students' own curiosities.
Deducing the Area of Triangles
Using patterns, students try to deduce where that area formula came from.
Using Creativity Tools To Develop A Learning Exploration: Step One
Kathryn Haydon begins a series on how to design an independent learning exploration.
Improving Presentations 4: The Big Day
How do you mentally (and emotionally) prepare yourself for the big day?
Letters With Symmetry
Let's group letters by their symmetry, then create symmetrical words, and then symmetrical sentences!
Improving Presentations 3: The Storyboard and Slides
It's time to turn that outline into a storyboard and then some actual slides.
What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?
What's the deal with these four sided polygons?
Lines, Line Segments, Rays, and Infinity!
A lesson about lines, line segments, and rays that avoids dull memorization. Instead, we ponder this delightful question: Which is longer, a ray or a line? Then, kids consider what these different geometric concepts would think about each other.
Differentiate With Frames Across Disciplines
The Frame graphic organizer is a tool for studying one topic using four different angles.
What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon
Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of regular polygons.
Grouping Shapes by Parallel and Perpendicular Sides
Which shapes go together based on parallel and perpendicular lines?
Developing Extension Questions: Panning
Much like a camera pans, we can pan to related topics in order to develop an interesting extension question for students.
Developing Extension Questions: Zooming In
In this video, we're continuing the camera metaphor and "zooming in" to explore the glossed-over details that are worth an entire unit of study onto themselves.
Using Creativity Tools To Develop A Learning Exploration: Step Two
In this video, Kathryn Haydon explains how she helped her students develop questions for their independent study.
Using Creativity Tools To Develop A Learning Exploration: Step Four
In this video, Kathryn Haydon explains how she designed creative products to finish her students' learning explorations.
Welcome, Students!
A video to welcome students to Byrdseed.TV.
Using Creativity Tools To Develop A Learning Exploration: Step Three
In this video, Kathryn Haydon explains how she helped her students form activities to pursue their independent study.