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 3, 2017 |
Buy Hula Hoops of four colors for your age 5-8 math class! Spread a bunch of them out on the floor in this hexagonal arrangement. For children aged 6+ give them one of the paper Hula Hoop Mazes found in the pdf below. The hard objective is to randomly choose two of...
by MathPickle | Feb 27, 2017 |
Jumping Frogs (MathPickle, 2017) The last puzzle in the video above was solved in 2025 by Joseph Burke, a student in Megan McKee’s grade 4 class. Spoiler alert! Here it is… Jumping Frogs is a fantastic base to create both casual and complex puzzles. We...
