There's something that just clicks with our brains and lists. We love a good list, and we love to know exactly how many things are on those lists and why! Have students create a top 3 list of their favorite things and explain their choices.

Have students combine emojis to create their own unique character. They can write a little story about their character or just a caption.

One of the fun Google Arts and Culture experiments is the Art Coloring Book. Choose from many famous images to color. You can share your finished artwork on social media or directly to Google Classroom.

Students can create custom memes using the Google Drawing template linked below from educator Steve Wick. Students replace the existing text and background image with their own. Then they can download the meme as a PNG file to share with others.

You can do blackout poetry with Google Slides! It’s a fun way to look at text a little closer, to identify important words, and to remix something into your own creation.

Learn the art of image prompting with the help of Google AI. After playing the game students can write their own tips for good image prompts.

In this podcast 11-year-old Holiday is pulled from the icy waters of Alaska with no memory of who she is or where she came from. Are her mom and dad really who they say they are? When she begins to develop incredible abilities, she’ll soon discover she’s not alone in the world. 

Find a writing prompt on TeachFlix that speaks to you. Watch the video. Then, take 10 minutes to respond to the prompt.

Check out John Spencer's YouTube channel for even more prompts and ideas

A ridiculously fun machine learning experiment by David Li, the blob opera lets you create, record and share your own opera song. Absolutely no music experience required! 

Use this template, complete with setting, plot, time period and character options. Have one student choose the different options for the prompt then pass it to a partner who has 10 minutes to write their story.

Use the webcam on your students' devices to take pictures. Then add speech bubbles and turn them into comic strips to show what they've learned!

Have an aspiring YouTuber -- or kids who want to work like them? Writing in a storyboard could be the trick! Use the template to plan out a video with highlights from a project or unit then record the recap using the Chromebook camera.

In Google Arts and Culture students can explore by subject or location, search for answers, explore art or architecture from around the world and more.  After exploring have students create a digital postcard sharing their experience.

Download an image of a historical figure. Use Remove.bg to remove the background behind them. Then, use Google Street View to view a historic location that fits with that figure. Take a screenshot of the locaiton in its modern form. Use Google Slides to combine the images in a fun way to bring the past and the present together.

Idea shared by Andy Losik

Students can use Google Slides (using the camera to insert drawn pictures) to make a graphic novel to explain a difficult concept. Use the comic strip template to get started.

Create engaging math and science infographics to visualize complex data through free Chrome apps like Piktochart and Infogram. By transforming abstract concepts into colorful visual displays, students develop crucial data organization and presentation skills!

Shared by John Sowash

Form groups of students and ask them to create their own Jeopardy game for their classmates. It's a fun way to review content and turns the students into the teacher.

When you add a speech bubble or thought bubble to an image, you let students speak or think for the subject of the photo. Insert your own photo to the template and try it with your students. Have students add a comment to build an extra layer of deeper critical thinking.

Imagine "Iron Chef," but for learning! Students become culinary researchers, diving into assigned topics and crafting presentations in a shared digital space. The twist? A "secret ingredient" forces creative synthesis, culminating in rapid-fire presentations that showcase their newfound knowledge.

In this Learning Dossier template, students take a photo or screenshot of work they've done and place it on the left side of the folder. Then, the student drags red numbered dots onto parts of the image they want to describe in detail. On the right, they write about the assignment, the details for each numbered dot, and a reflection on the activity.

Put a concept in motion with animation in slides. By flipping through slides, students can make their ideas move. It's not as hard as you think!

Let students create books! Using slides, they can add images and text. Then, save them as PDF files to finish!

Remember Choose Your Own Adventure books? Let students create stories or sequences where the reader chooses the next move!

Google Slides can be a surprisingly effective, collaborative app alternative. Easily customizable and updatable by various school groups, it's a simple solution accessible on mobile devices and fun to create.

Walk your students through creating a simple Google Forms escape room for your students to share what they've learned or just for fun!

Grab the template from SlidesMania and have students each take a page or two to create a class scrapbook of memories at the end of the school year. 

If you have more time, you can have your students go to multiple places around the world getting stamps on their passports as they explore.

When students create something for class, the audience for their work is only ONE if the teacher is the only one seeing it! Creating a website in Google Sites is an EASY way to give student work a wider reach. By putting work online students can share their work with each other, their families or even the larger community or world!

Since YouTube doesn’t allow playlists to be made from videos that are intended for kids, with this template you can create your playlists in Google Slides and keep the YouTube esthetics. You can also use this template to insert your video lessons or to create a channel for your class, where your students can ‘upload’ their creations.

The Spotify Wrapped template offers a creative way to engage students by leveraging a concept they’re already enthusiastic about. By tapping into this familiar, year-end tradition, the Spotify Wrapped template becomes a versatile framework for crafting memorable and interactive activities that resonate deeply with students.