by MathPickle | Apr 14, 2017 |
Hare has challenged the tortoise to a revenge race. Tortoise accepts, but tells hare that any revenge race must be across the rickety bridge. That should help turtle, because it stops the hare from getting into her jumping rhythm. You can see it is pretty...
by MathPickle | Apr 13, 2017 |
Show your class a lightning strike with the number 88. This is how it looks. Pause for two minutes. Let them try to figure out some of the rules governing its construction. You can think too. What observations do you make? Here is a possible list: When a split occurs...
by MathPickle | Apr 5, 2017 |
A Spectral Blaster Ring is what you see if you get hit with a spectral blast. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger 😉 If you have not seen the slide show on Spectral Blasters you should see that before you continue. The same four rules apply to Spectral...
by MathPickle | Apr 5, 2017 |
In this Mini Mathematical Universe your students will try to figure out the four rules that are needed to calibrate their spectral blaster. They collectively make any guess of a sequence of colours and then you will tell them if they violated one of the four rules and...
by MathPickle | Apr 4, 2017 |
This puzzle should be explored after Square Sardine Packing. Choose some shapes – order them from first at the top (green rectangle) to the last at the bottom (purple rectangle). Now use the same algorithm that you used in Square Sardine Packing to pack the...
