by MathPickle | Sep 14, 2015 |
Start by drawing a point on a cartesian grid. The position of the point has been selected carefully. The student at the back right of the class begins. They know nothing. They may either take a guess at what will happen next – or may ask for the next slide....
by MathPickle | Sep 12, 2015 |
Kobon Triangles (Kobon Fujimura, 1981) Math Puzzles do not get more beautiful than this one from Japan. It should be used by either elementary instructors who need to give their students practice holding a ruler and drawing a straight line or by junior high...
by MathPickle | Sep 11, 2015 |
Venn diagrams are not taught well anywhere. With little effort, these diagrams can be brought to life with beauty and by going beyond that little 3 circle Venn diagram. At the very least a teacher should end a lesson on the three circle Venn diagram with a question:...
by MathPickle | Sep 11, 2015 |
My Pet Zebra (MathPickle, 2010) Introduce your elementary students to patterns, symmetry, order and chaos. Afterwards, you might look at the art below. If you were to arrange this art on a line from Chaotic (left) to Ordered (right) – where would each fall?...
by MathPickle | Sep 11, 2015 |
Name Connector (MathPickle, 2014) This icebreaker is great for any group to get to know one-another, but it is best suited to an elementary classroom learning about capital and small letters. The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it...
