I was recently introduced to a new-to-me form of math art known as the sliceform. Since Halloween is next week, the first sliceform that I tackled was a pumpkin or jack-o’-lantern sliceform. If I can say so myself, it looks pretty cool sitting on my desk next to my Columbus Cube tower. What are Sliceforms? …
Looking for fun Halloween math activities? Check out these 5 free printable Halloween themed math activities and puzzles that you can download and use instantly in your classroom. I had a lot of fun putting Halloween themed spin on some classic brainteasers to create some of these Halloween Puzzles that are suitable for use in …
This Halloween Symbols Puzzle challenges students to arrange four cards so that various numbers of symbols are visible on each card. This is a fun Halloween-themed version of a classic playing card puzzle. For this Halloween puzzle, I replaced the classic hearts, spades, clubs, and diamonds with fun Halloween symbols including spiders, pumpkins, black cats, …
This jack-o’-lantern made from pentominoes is the perfect halloween puzzle for math class. In this math activity, students must work to arrange a standard set of twelve pentominoes to form a jack-o’-lantern . This pentominoes puzzle is the perfect antidote for the fact that carving pumpkins is just too messy of an activity for math …
This 9 Pumpkins Puzzle is sure to provide your students a fun Halloween themed math challenge. Without lifting your pencil, draw 4 straight lines that pass through all nine of the pumpkins. This is a Halloween-specific version of a classic brainteaser known as the 9 Dots Puzzle. The original puzzle is often attributed to Sam …
This Halloween Mystery Tangram Puzzle combines two favorite math activities into one. This printable Halloween puzzle will have students both practicing plotting ordered pairs on the coordinate plane and solving a fun tangram puzzle using the resulting outline from the plotted ordered pairs. Last year, I shared a bat tangram puzzle which many of you …
October is the perfect time to challenge students with this bat tangram puzzle! Tangrams are one of my favorite puzzles to use in the math classroom. I have previously shared free printable collection of tangram puzzles to create a tangram binder for your own classroom. I highly recommend investing in a class set of tangrams. …
I was super impressed by the tombstone projects I found in a science classroom while attending my very first EdCamp. I would love to implement this project in my classroom to help students study famous mathematicians. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect with #edcampTULSA, but I’m definitely glad I went! I still need to …