Math Made Fun – a Video Series for Math Mavens and Future Math Mavens
On my mathvideouniversity site on youtube, I’ve begun a series of videos intended to bring FUN into the math classroom while still teaching sound mathematics. My coauthor, Brad Fulton, and I have created literally thousands of pages of activities on Microsoft Word and PowerPoint that are currently residing on our hard drives. Prior to making [...]
KenKen Player – Now Embedded on mrlsmath
KenKen Player – Now you can play KenKen on the mrlsmath.com website. Click the following link for the newly released (Beta version) of the online KenKen Player, from the makers of the game that’s catching on in math classes across the U.S.A. Enjoy the experience; it’s a great way to share the game in a [...]
Games and Puzzles that Reach the Kids and Teach the Standards
The title of this post is from a conference session at the California Math Council conference at Asilomar in December, 2009. You may download the handout, with instructions for some activities, through the following link: Games and Puzzles that Reach the Kids and Teach the Standards – download file Puzzles and Games are a great [...]
Pi-ku Poetry – a Pi Day Activity Uniting Haiku, Pi, and Graphic Art
Here’s a sure-fire winner for Pi Day: have your students create Haiku poems about pi, called Pi-ku’s. Students can create one, two, or three Haiku stanzas, as well as a graphic depicting their poem. This is a great way to bring language arts, graphic arts, and mathematics together in one place! My 10th graders are [...]
Friday Afternoon Lifesavers – the Teacher’s Best Friend; Part 8, Triples, Exploring Congruence and Transformations
Friday Afternoon Lifesavers are exactly what they sound like: at the end of the week when you and your students are running out of gas, these activities come to the rescue. They are mathematical, engaging, fun, and give the teacher a much-needed break. Kids become better problem solvers by solving spatial visualization puzzles. Part 7 [...]
GeoGebra Projects – a Tool for Learning & Teaching Algebra – Parabolas
Projects are a great way for students to demonstrate their understanding of mathematics in a colorful, artistic way. When using GeoGebra, the open-source Geometry-Algebra-Graphing software, their projects rise to a new height. Many of these projects are as good as those you run across on the internet, and many can be used as instructional aids [...]
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