Denise Gaskins' Let's Play Math
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Board games are a celebration of problem solving, and problem solving is at the heart of a quality mathematics education… The mathematics might be hidden, but I guarantee you that it will be there.
— Gordon Hamilton, MathPickle.com
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The Math Teachers at Play Carnival is up at Virtual Math Tutor for your browsing pleasure. Articles range from preschool to high school level in math, and topics include puzzles, worksheets, games, teaching tips, ideas for the math/science lover on your Christmas gift list, and the cutest math monster I’ve seen in ages. Great fun!
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These advent calendars feature a new math puzzle or game for each day of December until Christmas. Many of the activities are designed to be done in a group, but they work fine for home school families who play with math together. Enjoy!
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In algebra 1, we spend a lot of time working with quadratic equations. Among other things, we want to know how many roots (solutions) an equation has and whether the roots are real or imaginary numbers.
One way to visualize this is by asking:
I wish my algebra teacher had explained it like James Tanton does. It makes so much sense!
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