1. Here's a great article about Creativity with some interesting puzzle and riddle exercises: http://99u.com/articles/7160/test-your-creativity-5-classic-creative-challenges I'm interested in this sort of thing because I am considering a problem solving unit in 9th grade. The students would have some options of problems to solve and then they would write about their process. Additionally, they would give the puzzles/problems to others and write about how that went.
2. Here is an article about using math and science to solve the problem of Where's Waldo: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/11/where_s_waldo_a_new_strategy_for_locating_the_missing_man_in_martin_hanford.html
I'm interested in having students read more non-fiction, including articles, from a broad range of fields. I hope that this would get some students interested in a wider range of things. I also feel as if kids don't quite understand how many fascinating things are posted on the internet; they are locked into looking at the same things. This article is about problems solving, but not so much about the students problem solving.
I like the statistical approach to finding Waldo! I'd be interested to do a statistical analysis of "which multiple choice question is most often correct" with a database of tests :)
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