Playlist: Bookmarks

164-Person Skydive

Contig

Roll three dice and combine them using any mathematical operation. But be strategic to maximize your points!

Lego Paper Shredder

Can you shred paper using just Lego?

Not Like The Others: US States

How is each of these states not like the others?

Ultimate (or Inception) Tic Tac Toe

What if each square on a Tic-Tac-Toe board had another Tic-Tac-Toe board inside of it?

A Lunar Survival Mission

A favorite of mine! This task is delightfully complex and ambiguous, forcing students to make choices without enough information and with no right answer. How will they survive on the moon for three days?

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!

Jotto

Who can guess the codeword first?

Disneyland Parking Structure Math Project

Your students will use estimation strategies to figure out how many parking spots are there in the parking structure at Disneyland? And you bet I reveal the real answer!

Paragraphs: Systems of Sentences

Blow up a paragraph into individual sentences. Now reassemble it. The clues hiding in each sentence will surprise you.

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.

Game: Order and Chaos

Imagine Tic-Tac-Toe if both players could play as both Xs and Os!

Bulls and Cows

How quickly can you break the numeric code?

Math Curiosity: The Coloring Problem

No video gets me more email from students! How few colors can you use to color in any map so that no two, neighboring regions are the same color?

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.)

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.

A Caffeine Investigation – Part 1

So… just how much caffeine can you have before you end up in the ER?

Improving Presentations 1: Watching The Greats

Get better at giving presentations by studying the greats!

Math Curiosity: Palindromic Number Conjecture

Using this one weird trick, it seems that you can turn any number into a palindrome!

The Game of 100

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

Writing Clear Directions

Can you write directions so clear that a group of kids can put a toy together with no illustrations?

Can Students Solve Your Classroom Layout Problems?

What if your students designed your classroom layout?