Tangle With Angles: 1st Grade Mathematicians Study Shapes, Sides, and Symmetry
“This one is very complicated. It has three corners and sides. On the bottom it’s small. After you draw the bottom, then the left corner …
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Ready Player Fun: 5th Graders Tackle Coding And Game Design
“Okay, disclaimer! This game takes a long time to explain how it works.” 5th Grade designers and engineers hosted their Maker Arcade this week, inviting …
Math, Mangos, and Mahalo in Junior Kindergarten
“We could cut them into very small pieces and pass them until everyone has some.” This, week Jr Kindergarteners explored letters, books, math and new …
Exploring 6th Grade Algebra: Strengthening Math Foundations
“It’s the same I think. I tried two and 10 in the problem and they both worked out the same on both sides.” 6th Grade …
The (Log)arithm is Gonna Get You: 9th Grade Mathematicians Build Math Fluency
“Are estimating skills an important thing? Like, if we were to pursue this in college, would we keep doing it more?” 9th Grade mathematicians in …
The Suitcase Solution: 8th Grade Mathematicians Travel-Plan With Algebraic Formulas
“After 8 days the Bay Area becomes more expensive than Jamaica. But the longer you stay in Jamaica the more worth it it gets.” 8th …
To Half and to Whole: Fifth Graders Figure Out Fractions
“Well, I knew the answer would be a whole number and if I start with a whole number, the answer will be a whole. So …
Lots of Dots: Expanding Our Skills in Kindergarten Math
“I can give a hint! The next one [number] after something with 9 ends with ‘tee.’ Like twenty-nine, thirTY.’” Kindergarten mathematicians this week worked together …
Reason-Able: 7th Grade Math Intensives Grapple with Graphs
“Is it diffusion?” “No, that’s in science! But it sounds like diffusion maybe…” And, “You could count it? I don’t know, somehow count the difference …
Parametrics, Point-Slopes, and Proofs: 9th Grade Mathematicians Find Answers Together
“I love them. I love rhombuses.” How can you find a point that’s three times farther from the origin (0,0) than (2,3)? Are there multiple …