MathPickle

Rated 4.88 out of 5, based on 46 reviews

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Alberta, Canada

About the store

Gordon Hamilton (MMath, PhD) is a mathematician and board game designer. He founded MathPickle.com in 2010 to inject hard, fun problems, puzzles and mini-competitions into math classrooms world wide. In the last year he has been featured twice in the New York Times. In November 2013, he co-hosted a conference of mathematicians and educators to select thirteen curricular unsolved problems of mathematics - one for each grade K-12. In 2015 he will be co-hosting a conference on integer sequences in the math classroom.

Beetle Sort! A pattern puzzle for kindergarten through grade 2.

Mishap at Venn Zoo (mirror and rotational symmetry $100 Classroom Challenge)

Lichen Puzzles (multiplication & subtraction with $100 challenge)

No-Three-In-A-Line Pattern Problem ($100 challenge)

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Dot-to-Dot Middle Path Puzzles

Created by

MathPickle

Dot-to-Dot Middle Path Puzzles give students practice measuring and eyeballing distances. Correct comparisons result in the student creating a picture. These pictures are not as obvious as standard dot-to-dot so there is a real feeling of discovery. One of MathPickle's top puzzle designs. ______________________ Standards for Mathematical Practice: All MathPickle puzzles including Dot-to-Dot Middle Path Puzzles are guaranteed to engage a wide spectrum of student abilities while targeting t

2nd - 4th

Math, Measurement

CCSS

2.MD.A.1

, 2.MD.A.4

, 3.MD.D.8

Aggression X - Multiplication Game

Created by

MathPickle

This game reminds me a little bit of risk. There are big differences: 1) Armies don't move. 2) If allied armies neighbour an enemy space they may attack by multiplying their strength together. I'm happy with it, but I'd love to know what you think. For a limited time I'm offering this at a beta-testers special rate. The game is based on Eric Solomon's 1973 game, Aggression.

3rd - 5th

Arithmetic, Math

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Experience

Teaching style

All students, especially the top ones, should experience failure every day. Doing this in a light-hearted way helps remove the stigma of failure from the classroom. I fail in front of my students regularly. It's okay. I get over it. So will they ;-)

Awards & shining teacher moments

No honors or awards yet for MathPickle, but the uplifting testimonials and emails from educators make up for the lack of official recognition. Here is a sample: "Hi Gordon, I stumbled upon your site, MathPickle.com, this morning and two hours later I'm still there. Just wanted to drop you a brief note to say thank you for all the great resources, ideas, and inspiring videos! I can't wait to use some these materials this Fall with my elementary mathematics methods students as well as try the unsolved problems with my two children. Thank you, Amy Tanner (Assistant Professor, Education Department, St. Catherine University)"