A FREE INTERACTIVE APP FOR GRADES 3–8
Where Tangled Thoughts Find Clarity
Untwisted Thoughts is an interactive app that transforms any lesson into a live, collaborative learning experience. Students research, think critically, adapt their ideas, and present real solutions together using color-coded prompts that appear right on your screen.
No prep. No lost pieces. No downloads. Just open the app and start collaborating.
Group work shouldn’t mean one student doing all the work while everyone else watches.
Most “collaborative” classroom activities fall into the same pattern: one student takes over, a few disengage, and the “problem-solving” becomes a race to finish. Untwisted Thoughts changes that by guiding every team through a structured process of researching, brainstorming, challenging ideas, reflecting, and presenting solutions together using color-coded prompts. Every student has a role, every voice has a purpose, and every lesson becomes an opportunity for meaningful collaboration without lectures, worksheets, or extra prep.
Four phases. One process. Endless challenges.
Research and investigate the challenge.
Reflect and refine the team’s ideas.
A creative curveball forces the team to adapt.
Present the solution in a format the team chooses.
Debrief and reflect as a class (optional 5th phase).
Works as a 15-minute warm-up or a full-period activity. You control the pace every step of the way.
Not another framework to learn. A tool that fits the one you already use.
Untwisted Thoughts isn’t Project-Based Learning, Problem-Based Learning, or Design Thinking; it’s the facilitation engine that brings them to life. Use it within a PBL unit, a Design Thinking challenge, an SEL lesson, or as a standalone collaborative activity. It works across subjects, including math and science, by turning concepts into meaningful challenges for students to investigate, discuss, and solve together.
Built by an educator. Aligned to the standards you already report on.
Every prompt in Untwisted Thoughts aligns with real classroom standards, making every challenge purposeful, not “just a game.”
CCSS ELA
SL.1, SL.4, SL.5, RI.1, RI.7, W.1, W.2, W.7
CASEL SEL
Collaboration, Self-Management, Decision-Making, Social Awareness
C3 Social Studies
Dimensions D1–D4
NGSS Science
SEP1, SEP6, SEP8
From the author of Meaningful Classroom Management (ASCD)
Untwisted Thoughts was created by Dr. Sheldon L. Eakins, ASCD-published author of Meaningful Classroom Management. Built from years of experience as an educator and facilitator, it’s designed to make authentic collaborative learning simple with no extra training and no complicated setup. Just open the app and get students thinking together.
Everything you need to run Untwisted Thoughts, all in one bundle.
The app will always be free to use. This bundle gives you everything you need to get the most out of it. A facilitator guide, ready-to-use challenges, standards-aligned resources, and a printable card deck for the days when technology doesn’t cooperate.
Untwisted Thoughts Bundle
$19.99 *one time payment
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