by MathPickle | May 24, 2024 |
QR Code Mazes (MathPickle, 2024) These mazes get grade 1-3 students to play with patterns. The mazes can be constructed randomly or by grabbing real QR codes. The micro QR codes shown here are big enough for pretty interesting puzzles! Teaching is an experimental...
by MathPickle | Apr 9, 2024 |
Rotten Apples (Rainer Bedrich, 2022) Gather fallen apples. The gathered apples must form a loop where each adjacent pair has one apple is the multiple of another. The apples which are not gathered go rotten, so try to gather the most possible. Even if a student sets...
by MathPickle | Apr 5, 2024 |
Piet Mondrian Drops His Pins Algorithm (MathPickle, 2023) “Beauty” and “Mathematics” are words that belong together. This is always true, but it is especially true in the elementary school classroom. This algorithm belongs in art class as much...
by MathPickle | Apr 5, 2024 |
Broken Magic (MathPickle, 2023) This is curricular primarily for students learning addition, however there are some nice proofs that are good for older students to contemplate. Proofs have been removed from many curricula. That’s sad. In real life we are seldom...
by MathPickle | Apr 5, 2024 |
Robot Wrestling (MathPickle, 2023) Wrestling Robots I (above) is best as a platform to explore new puzzle or game ideas. Brainstorm ideas with your students. Here are some suggestions: – Instead of choosing numbers, everyone rolls five dice. – Students can...
