Math Game: The Game of 100 The Game of 100 is a simple game requiring no supplies, yet it opens up a rich world of exploring strategy and a little mental math.
When A Math Puzzle Isn’t Very Puzzling It looks like a fun puzzle. But it's actually just a low-level worksheet in disguise!
Updating Old Questions: Addition With Missing Pieces How can I go beyond asking 20 variations of 622 + 77 = ___?
Thinking Like Equivalent Fractions Go across disciplines by asking students to write a story about fraction equivalence.
Calculating the Volume of Laptops So once your students can calculate volume… what do you have them do next? In this math project, kids will look up historic laptops, calculate their volumes, and note how technology has changed over time.
Encourage Curiosity With Calculators It's easy to fall in love with chasing the newest technology to use in the classroom. But sometimes, the perfect tool is a plain old calculator. We'll be using this tool to develop curiosity about math.
The Surprises Within a Triangle’s Angles Discovering what is interesting and unexpected about a triangle's angles. What twists have I unintentionally spoiled for my students over the years?
Make A *Better* Calendar! The calendar is a source of fantastic factoring problems with many social studies add-ons. Why 12 months? Why 30 (or 31 or 28) days? Why are weeks 7 days long? Why don't they fit into the months (or the year!)? Why did we do this to ourselves!?
Math Game: Heaps Heaps is a lovely math-y strategy game that requires no more than paper and pencil to play.
Exploring Palindromes in ELA and Math Palindromes are one of those fun ideas that some gifted kids just latch onto. We'll check out palindromic words, phrases, and even numbers in this article.
