Playlist: Bookmarks
What’s In My Brain: Paperclip vs Straw
We’re looking at magnetic vs. non-magnetic materials.
How Many Will There Be? Sliced Circles
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
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!
How Many Ways: Times Equals Times
How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits one through nine?
Math Curiosity: Magic Squares
Imagine a 3×3 square in which every row, column, and diagonal have the same sum. That’s a magic square!
Math Curiosity: Odds & Squares
Why does the sum of the first 5 odds also equal 5 squared?
Doubling Dollars
Say you have a dollar. Say you can double that dollar each day: $1, $2, $4, and so on. How long will it take to reach… one million dollars? Not as long as you might think!
A Donut Investigation
In this cross-curricular investigation, students will look into an intriguing question: do donuts or salads have more sugar? They’ll grapple with misleading information, bias, and use their math skills to create a visual representation of sugar in popular foods.
Students and Personality Types
For TeachersHow can our students be so different? And how can we help them to understand themselves and each other better.