Playlist: Bookmarks

Broken Calculator: 2-Digit Addition

Adding and Subtracting Fruit

Use super cute fruit to introduce algebraic thinking to your young math students.

Back to School Math Worksheets

In these math problems, the solution is already given. But another number is missing!

Letters With Symmetry

Let’s group letters by their symmetry, then create symmetrical words, and then symmetrical sentences!

Fizz Buzz: A Counting and Divisibility Game

Ready for a tricky counting and divisibility game?

Looping Grid Art

Pick a few numbers, draw some corresponding lines on grid paper, and you’ll end up with some interesting, looping math-y art!

Analyze Paragraphs: Empire State Building

Three paragraphs about the Empire State Building. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Cram

Try this a simple (but surprisingly strategic) grid-filling game!

Game: Number Scrabble

What if we played Tic-Tac-Toe with numbers and instead of three-in-a-row, we add up to 15? Well… then we’d have Number Scrabble!

Game: Snakes

In this grid-based strategy game, who will be the last to add to the snake?

Jotto

Who can guess the codeword first?

Not Like The Others: Planets

Which of these planets is not like others? Well, it sure looks simple at first. But each option could be the one that doesn’t fit in.

Bulls and Cows

How quickly can you break the numeric code?

Dots and Boxes

Who can make the most boxes from dots in this strategy game?

More Specific than “Smart”

When students are told that they’re “smart”, what does this word actually mean to them? (Psst. It isn’t what we intended.)

The Game of 100

Who can get to 100 first in this simple, but delightful, math game?

Engineering: Build A Bridge

Using real bridges as their starting point, students will construct bridges out of straws and paperclips.