by MathPickle | Dec 30, 2025 |
Vertex Recipe (Jeremiah Hockaday, 2025) Which vertex recipes work and which fail? Look for patterns. The conversation continues below about why graph theory should be considered when designing curriculum. Do these fail? {1,2,3} {1,2,3,4} {1,2,3,4,5}...
by MathPickle | Sep 13, 2025 |
Zebra (Dalhousie University Students, 2025) (Inspired by the game Omega by Néstor Romeral Andrés) 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...
