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 | Dec 29, 2025 |
Can you figure out the rules for fussy friend graphs just by looking at an example of a failure due to a fussy friend? The “4” is a fussy friend. This graph failed because the edges connecting “4” to other friends do not add up exactly to 4. To...
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 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 4, 2024 |
Colour TV (MathPickle, 2023) What a beautiful pattern! I love that it starts out with high symmetry for the 1s, but becomes asymmetric. Can you figure out the laws for the mini mathematical universe? Trevor Hoffman extended the pattern far beyond the video above. Have...
