Friday Afternoon Lifesavers – the Teacher’s Best Friend; Part 1, Equation Search
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. Equation Search can be used with many different levels of students. Its [...]
Triple Nine Wall Clock – a Timely Student Math Challenge for Clockwatchers
Here’s a neat challenge for your students: Ask them to find a way to represent each of the positive integers from 1 through 12 using exactly three 9′s. This puzzle is a variation of the Four 4′s puzzle: Write each of the positive integers using exactly four 4′s. Some sample answers include the following. 1 [...]
KenKen Activity Masters from the New York Times Teach Your Students Numerical Reasoning
Here are twelve ready-to-hand-out masters you can use to teach your students numerical and logical reasoning skills while they solve these intriguing puzzles. Students love these puzzles, view them as games, and enjoy them tremendously. Classroom management problems are almost nonexistent; one of the only issues is that some students want to keep working on [...]
KenKen – a Classroom Champ, Student Stories, and Web Kendoku
KenKen is a surefire winner in the classroom – my students eat them up like candy. During the last two regular weeks before final exams I used the 6×6 KenKen from the New York Times website, Easier and Medium versions, with my students. I can always tell when I’ve got a great lesson plan because [...]
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