With Sprouts, students draw a small set of dots and then connect those dots with lines. The first person who can’t make a connection loses.
Content Area: Math
Math Game: Heaps
Heaps is a lovely math-y strategy game that requires no more than paper and pencil to play.
Just How Much Pasta Could I Cook…
So, just how much pasta could I cook in an Olympic-sized pool?
So… which is longer: a Ray, a Line, or a Line Segment?
Let’s move beyond memorizing definitions and get kids grappling with the fascinating concept of infinity!
Universal Themes in Math? With Fractions!?
What if we used a universal theme to guide our study of fractions? These very big ideas get students thinking about fractions in a new way.
Using a Classic in Math!?
According to Costello, 7 × 13 = 28. In fact, watch him prove it…
Could we fit 1,000 kids on the playground? 10,000?
If your students can find the area of a square then, armed with Google Earth, they can also figure out how many students you could pack into your school’s playground.
Fizz Buzz – A Divisibility Game
Here’s a quick to learn but difficult to master math game. Start with some basic divisibility rules, but then feel free to extend it to any math topic.
The Coloring Problem
How few colors can you use to fill in a map so that no neighboring regions are the same color?
Thinking Like Equivalent Fractions
Go across disciplines by asking students to write a story about fraction equivalence.