QR Code Mazes

QR Code Mazes

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...
Potato Farm (inductive reasoning, algorithm)

Potato Farm (inductive reasoning, algorithm)

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...
Diversity City (division, average, geometry)

Diversity City (division, average, geometry)

Diversity City (MathPickle, 2022) In the 1960s Singapore had racial riots and between ethnic Malays and Chinese. The authoritarian government of Lee Kuan Yew solved the problem by mandating social mixing. For example, apartment buildings had to have both Malay and...
Kitchen Tile War (counting, comparing)

Kitchen Tile War (counting, comparing)

Kitchen Tile War (MathPickle 2022) Grade 2+ tiling puzzle. Teaches students organization and presentation of their ideas. Some grade 2 students will have dexterity issues in trying to draw these tiles, but the mathematics of comparing the sizes works well for them....