Riddle of the day
A fresh riddle every day in two tracks, one for K–2 and one for grades 3–5. Put it on the board in the morning, collect guesses all day, reveal it before dismissal.
I'm a bird, but I can't fly. I waddle on ice and zoom through icy water. My feathers are black and white. What am I?
Many of my kind live near the cold South Pole.
A penguin
Why it works: Penguins are birds, but their wings work like flippers, so they zoom through water instead of flying in the air.
Which is heavier: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Listen carefully to how much of each one there is.
They weigh the same
Why it works: A pound is a pound, so both piles weigh exactly one pound, even though bricks feel heavier.
Both tracks change every day at midnight Eastern Time and won't repeat for months. Need more? Browse all riddles for kids by grade or try a This or That movement break.