Friday Afternoon Lifesavers – the Teacher’s Best Friend; Part 6, The Game of Hex
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. INTRODUCTION: Hex is a board game played on a grid made of [...]
Friday Afternoon Lifesavers – the Teacher’s Best Friend; Part 5, Leonhard Euler’s 8×8 Knight’s Tour
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. Here’s another Knight’s Tour; this one was created by the famous Swiss [...]
Friday Afternoon Lifesavers – the Teacher’s Best Friend; Part 4, A Knight’s Tour
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. A Knight’s Tour is a motivating activity/puzzle that works with both over [...]
Friday Afternoon Lifesavers – the Teacher’s Best Friend; Part 3 Solution, Pythagorean Theorem Cut-Up
Shown in the graphic above is the solution to the Pythagorean Theorem Cut-Up problem posed last week as a Friday Afternoon Lifesaver. This puzzle gives teachers a chance to talk about the theorem and its applications. After printing the puzzle, you can talk about how the five pieces must fit so that one edge of [...]
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