Resource Guide
Numberlink
Link: http://www.lsrhs.net/faculty/seth/Puzzles/numberLink/numberLink.html
Description: Connect each pair of numbers (1 to 1, 2 to 2, 3 to 3, etc.) with a single, continuous path of
matching squares. No overlaps of blocks of color are allowed – each path much be one cell wide. All
squares in the puzzle must be colored in. Below is a completed puzzle.
Marcy Cook Tiles
Link: www.marcycookmath.com
Math Playground
Link: http://www.mathplayground.com/
Description: Various games, activities, puzzles, and videos.
Battleship Numbaland
Link: http://www.brainpop.com/games/battleshipnumberline/
Description: Various games, activities, puzzles, and videos.
Dublox
Link: http://www.brainpop.com/games/dublox/
Description: great visual spatial planning game.
Mr. Nussbaum
Link: http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mathcode.htm
Description: Site with various games and interactive operation activities.
Decimal Squares
Link: http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/
Description: Decimal Darts and Place Value Strategy games are great. Have not tried many others.
IXL
Link: http://www.ixl.com/
Description: Has visual activities which practice many different skills at various skill levels
Mental_Floss
Link: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/category/brain-game
Description: Various different puzzles updated daily. Math Squares are great (and frustrating!)
Lure of the Labyrinth
Link: http://labyrinth.thinkport.org/
Description: Lure of the Labyrinth is a digital game for middle-school pre-algebra students. It includes a
wealth of intriguing math-based puzzles wrapped into an exciting narrative game in which students work
to find their lost pet - and save the world from monsters! Linked to both national and state mathematics
standards, the game gives students a chance to actually think like mathematicians.
Standards each puzzle meets:
http://labyrinth.thinkport.org/www/educators/resources/standards.php
Geometry Eyeballing Game
Link: http://woodgears.ca/eyeball/
Description: Eyeball different types of shapes and midpoints/bisections.
Snork Long-Division Game
Link: http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php
Description: Great game to teach the process of long-division
Set Online
Link: http://www.setgame.com/set/puzzle_frame.htm
Description: Great game to teach the process of long-division
Blokus Game Online
Link:
Description: Great game to teach the process of long-division
Alien Angle Practice Game
Link: http://www.toonuniversity.com/6m_angle_d.html
Description: Game similar to space invaders where you have to shoot the alien that say the correct
answer.
KenKen
Link: http://kenken.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/crosswords/kenken.html
Description: Invented by a Japanese math teacher, Tetsuya Miyamoto, KENKEN® allows
you to test your puzzle acumen and improve your math skills at the same time.
Iphone Apps
Visual Spatial Logic
• Tangram Pro
• iRectangles - uses math facts (multiplication facts) to cover a grid with rectangles
• Move the Box - clear the grid in the amount of moves they allow by matching 3 boxes of the
same type in a row
Math Facts/Number sense
• Motion Math Zoom - is a free app that works on number lines. It starts with whole numbers,
moves to negatives and decimals. I have found that one of the biggest issue students have with
math is their understanding of number and visualizing where numbers line up.
• Lobster Diver - similar to Motion Math Zoom, but a bit different
• Math Racer - just a speed math fact fluency game.
• Motion Math Hungry Fish - The fish is hungry for numbers. Using the numbers on in the screen
you have to make sums by pinching two number together. It's free but if you want to make it harder
you can buy subtraction and negative numbers.
• 10 by IOJOE – slide numbers together to add up to 10.
• Threes! By Sirvo LLC – slide number together to make 3, combine 3s to make 6s, etc.
• Quento – simple puzzle where you are given the answer but you have to find the problem
Math Content
Lure of the Labyrinth (employee cafeteria) - a game in which the food on a plate all have rules
(or relationships to one another). For example, the chicken might by 3x the sushi. The plates also
have relationships between each other. For example, the squid's plate could be 3x the Yeti's plate.
They give hints toward the rule, but you need to feed them all before the lights go out.
http://www.brainpop.com/games/lureofthelabyrinthemployeecafeteria/. If you like this game, there
is a whole game devoted to this. You can sign up for free and she can earn coins
labyrinth.thinkport.org/
Memory
Dot Line - try to remember the pattern -- gets hard very quickly, but is addicting!
Dan Meyer’s TED talk
http://vimeo.com/29579069
BOOKS:
Number Sense and Number Nonsense: Understanding the Challenges of Learning Math by Sara Shunkwiler
The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics by Stanislas Dehaene
REMINDER: Don't forget about TIME and MONEY with your kids!