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Who knew 5 ilttle dice could bring math to life – and make it so fun?! I love this story shared by Christan Martin, a Gifted Teacher at Colonial Heights Middle School in Virginia!
Enter Room 121. Students are seated at desks facing the chalkboard. The teacher stands at the front of the room working math problems. [...] This fantastic story is shared by Lisa Kosanovic, a Math Teacher at Holyoke High School in Massachusetts.
I teach high school math in the sixth poorest community in the nation, and for us, math class is too often about passing our state’s standardized tests. While many of my students lack basic skills, I often see a high [...] Several months ago at the TED Conference I received a $100 certificate to Donor’s Choose to help fund a project for a school community in need. With so many worthy projects to consider, I ultimately settled on one called Problem Solving Produces Productive Citizens. This 3rd grade teacher in a high poverty community in rural Kansas [...] The following guest post is by Sherry Olfert, a middle school math and science teacher in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The other day, I received an email from Sherry, writing to share her excitement in discovering ThinkFun’s free printable resources online! Sherry was excited to use these resources with her students , and when I asked [...] Vi Hart is on a powerful mission to make math cool! A self-proclaimed “recreational mathemusician,” Hart has created an incredible collection of online videos, several of which have gone viral in recent months, and this one in particular has a beat that’s stuck with me all morning. Rock out to the Binary Hand Dance! Fun fact… did [...] The following post is from the Pajama Projects blog. Written by a former teacher turned stay-at-home mom, Pajama Projects shares fantastic tips and ideas for teaching young children through innovative and fun at-home activities! We love the way this creative mom took “The World’s Most Challenging Puzzle” and made it an age-appropriate math challenge for her [...] Back in May, ThinkFun provided specially designed Chocolate Fix challenges for the Ontario Mathematics Olympiad. Check out this description of the event by Contest Committee Chair Jeff Irwin. The Chocolate Fix activity challenged teams to examine clues, then work together to determine where to place each unique chocolate piece… exercising both logical deduction and communication skills! [...] The Ontario Mathematics Olympiad, (OMO) is an annual mathematics competition featuring teams of the best grade 7 and 8 math students from across Ontario. This year’s Olympiad featured 124 students (31 teams of 4) who completed 4 contests, one of which included a logical thinking challenge featuring specially designed Chocolate Fix puzzles! The following guest post [...] It’s almost that time… MathDice Tournament time that is! Every spring, ThinkFun runs the Arlington County MathDice Tournament (now in it’s 7th year!), a fun-filled event in which teams from all 22 elementary schools go head-to-head, with one school emerging victorious! MathDice is a brilliantly simple game that uses just 5 simple dice to strengthen mental math [...] This morning I had the pleasure of joining McKinley Elementary students in Arlington, VA for their annual Math Day! Playing Rush Hour makes everyone smile! Math Day is a fabulous school-wide celebration of mathematical thinking, during which students literally wear their love of numbers on their sleeves (and often their faces!), decking themselves out in number-themed [...] |
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