Jigsaw+puzzle

One of my favorite things to do to for family fun is to work on a jigsaw puzzle. I used to have a puzzle for students to work on in the back of the room when they finished their work early or got to class a little early. Many students loved it and often came in before school and after to work on the puzzle. So, why not play a puzzle on the Promethean board? The puzzle can be used to accomplish many things.

Jigsaw puzzles can

 * bring a new focus to an old lesson.
 * use a puzzle to introduce a new lesson or concept
 * hide an important person in history that is part of your lesson
 * allow students to make puzzles from their own photos to enhance their projects
 * be used as a teamwork activity in the classroom.
 * More ideas at @http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2007/12/09/using-befuddlr-in-the-classroom/

media type="custom" key="23472912" Solve this puzzle from Jigsaw Planet! Don't waste time... the timer is running! :-)


 * ONLINE puzzle makers: ** Use a picture provided by the website or upload your own to make your puzzle.
 * 1) Jigsaw Planet - http://www.jigsawplanet.com
 * 2) Jigsaw Puzzles online - @http://www.epuzzle.info/
 * 3) [[image:activinspireadventures/bfuddlr.png width="154" height="122" align="right" caption="bfuddlr.com"]]Another site to try is: @http://www.jigzone.com/
 * 4) Try bfuddler: @http://befuddlr.com/

Somethings to note about these puzzles and ActivInspire as of today 7/13/2013
 * These puzzle play well on the web if you you use your browser on the Promethean board and just link to them from your ActivInspire Flipchart.
 * Puzzles can be embedded into a flipchart: Copy the code from the website, In ActivInspire, Insert > Link > Embedded HTML and paste the code there.

Play some puzzles:
> Geometry Students Solving a Problem > http://www.epuzzle.info/puzzlegraj5.php?obrazek=137164&szer=840&wys=630#
 * 1) Here is a puzzle of students working on their geometry project on the interactive white board.[[image:smartboardsmarty/puzzle.png width="262" height="297" align="right" caption="puzzle.png"]]
 * 1) Einstein 2 - @http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=01e9fd7a9268
 * 2) Golden Spiral - @http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3f893c6ff950
 * 3) July 4th - @http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=020cc1e088ea
 * 4) Pythagorean Theorem Puzzle - @http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=1fc16b81d154