by MathPickle | Sep 13, 2025 |
Zebra (Néstor Romeral Andrés, 2010) (Reimagined by Dalhousie University Graduate Students, 2025) The 7×7 board in the video is too big for grade four. Start with a smaller board. Here are a whole bunch to choose from: Pencil & Paper version (2 colours of...
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 |
Stand by me (MathPickle, 2023) Inductive problem-solving is undervalued. In MathPickle, we give students practice using inductive problem-solving by dropping them in the middle of an alien universe. Unlike our own universe, which has complex laws, these universes are...
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...
by MathPickle | Apr 5, 2024 |
Potato Farm (MathPickle, 2023) Watch these repetitive algorithms in action and try to figure out the rules. This is not one of my favourite MathPickle creations, but the aesthetic output – especially from the first (yellow) algorithm is beautiful! Standards for...
