I continue to be impressed by the conversation that Codenames is eliciting in my students. Hearing the discussion on a clue of “Birds:5” was interesting to see how they could connect it to as many cards as possible. I also added in the “0” clue, where I tell them at least one card/concept that is…
Category: Math
Boardgames!, Math
TID – Day 23 – Wanna Bet?
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Name Wits and Wagers Players 2 – A Whole Bunch Play Time 20 – 30 minutes Game Style Trivia Challenges Wits and Wagers is a twist on the old trivia formula. Each question has two phases, the guess and the wager. During the guess, a question is asked, and everyone secretly writes down their answer…
Boardgames!, Math
TID – Day 11 – Shaun of the Die
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Name Zombie Dice Players 2 – Many Play Time 5 – 10 minutes Game Style Play and Pass, Push your luck *CONTENT ADVISORY* – This one includes necessary Zombie defences, which includes shotgun blasts. The situation is fantasy, so I would consider this game safe for Grade 7-8 and higher. For a good party game,…
Boardgames!, Math
TID – Day 3 – No One Can Go Faster than the Speed of the Jungle
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Name Jungle Speed Players 2-Lots Play Time As much time as you have Game Style Fast play, Matching It’s a jungle out there, and this game proves it. Players start with a deck of cards, and play a card in front of them. If the pattern on their card matches another players, they enter the…
Boardgames!, Math
TID – Day 1 – There Be Treasure!
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Welcome to Tabletopping In December. Here is the first instalment: Name Incan Gold Players 3-8 Play Time About 20-30 Minutes Game Style Press Your Luck I had originally played this game as “Diamante”, but that version was difficult to get a hold of and consequently I was turned in this direction. Incan Gold is a…
Math, Things I Think I Think, Videos
AVADIN – Day 30 – To You From Me
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Here are the videos that I have created. Mostly Math provocations, but I am starting to branch into some video blogging, and other interests: Math Playlist – Featuring Tables full of stuff! Odds and Ends Do with them what you please! Feel free to ask for videos in the comments below. I have had a…
Math, Videos
AVADIN – Day 16 – Flu Shot Edition
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As we enter Flu season,it becomes imperative to make the students aware of just how easily a cold is spred. I find this next video to be a great intro both a Math and Health problems – It’s important for students to be able to rationalize fears about what is happening around the world. You…
Math, Videos
AVADIN – Day 12 – Gumball Madness
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Today I bring you an excellent video for getting students thinking about math. I like this one, because it seems to Jeopardy the situation, giving you an answer, for which you have to determine a question. Check it out: First found on Dan Meyer‘s 101qs site, it piques the student’s interest, and they start to…
Language, Math, Resources
ARADIO – Day 27 – If You Can Find It, Use It
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In my pursuit of cross-curricular applications, I stumbled upon a book that was at once awe-inspiring and wonderfully useful. It was “How To Count Like A Martian” by Glory St. John. Told as someone trying to decipher a message from mars, it goes through the history of counting systems and asks the reader to compare…
Math, Resources
ARADIO – Day 26 – Marth Madness
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One of my challenges each year is how to integrate art into the other subjects (other than having the students just adding a drawing component to a poster or similar activity). I stumbled upon the concept of Marth a few years ago (with the help of Tom Fuke). The idea was to have an art…