Math isn't Yucky!

 In this session, you'll learn about several games & activities that you can do with students to show them that math isn't yucky! You'll have a chance to see several games and activities in action from Mathigon, Math for Love, and more. The games and activities are easy to integrate into your existing class to keep students excited about math. ​

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Session Resources:

• Yucky! - children's book
  www.kevindsmith.org/yucky.html
  This is the children's book I wrote about a girl that doesn't like math because...
  If you would like to me to read the book to your students and do math activities with them, reach out to me.
  
  
• What Does It Mean to Excel at Math? by Chris Ferrie
  This is a good article that I talked about in the presentation.
  
  
• Genius Star - math puzzle
  www.mathigon.org/task/genius-star
  www.mathigon.org/task/genius-square​www.mathigon.org/task/bee-genius
  Board game on Amazon
  
  
• Digit Party - math puzzle
  
  

• Tiled Area Questions - visuals to help students understand fractions and area

 

• All Ten - daily challenge to build equations

 

• Folding Nets - students make predictions about the shapes that will be created
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• Don't Break the Bank - math game
  mathforlove.com/lesson/dont-break-the-bank/ - print
  mathigon.org/polypad/JFNNvDfbFj4ZUQ - digital​

 

• Factris - math challenge
  mathigon.org/factris - digital

 

• Balance the Scale - put dice on the scale to make it balance
   
• Guess my rule- gets students talking thinking about patterns and equestions; This link takes you to Polypad. You can build whatever function machine you want and have students guess the rule.
  

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Other Resources:

• Pig - math game
  ​www.mathforlove.com/lesson/pig/ - print
  mathigon.org/polypad/yfxtSPEpWqAc8w - digital

• Tangrams - math game/activity
  polypad.amplify.com/tangram

 

• Polypad Art - art challenge
  polypad.amplify.com/contest - info on the art challenge
  polypad.amplify.com/p - polypad - place to create art
  
  
• Seasons Puzzles - math puzzles
  This is a free app for the iPad or iPhone. It contains a lot of fun puzzles to solve. 

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• Blockout - math game
  www.mathforlove.com/lesson/blockout/ - print version
  www.mathigon.org/task/blockout - digital version

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• Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe - math game
  www.michaelxing.com/UltimateTTT/v3/ai/

 

• ​Factors & Multiples - math challeng
  ​nrich.maths.org/factorsandmultiples - digital

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• Cube Conversations - math routine
  www.stevewyborney.com/2017/12/cube-conversations/

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Kevin Smith
Professor, Dakota State University
Twitter: @KevinSmithSD
Instagram: @KevinSmithSD

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