Today I want to highlight a collection of Balancing Act Puzzles from Heather Sparks. Heather is a bit of a legend in the world of Oklahoma math teaching. She was the 2009 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year. If you teach middle school math, her website is worth a browse. I am positive you will find …
Puzzle Sources
The ATM (Association of Teachers of Mathematics) has a lovely puzzle page worth checking out!
I ran across an interesting vintage math puzzle on eBay recently. I’ve never heard of Tigo Puzzles, but I definitely want to know more now! The eBay listing is no longer active, but I did save the images posted by the seller. Apparently this book of Tigo Puzzles is based on Tigo, a unique new …
Want some puzzling inspiration? Check out the beautiful and inspiring Puzzlium Instagram page!
Erich Friedman is a prolific puzzle author. I first became acquainted with his work through the Puzzle Box Books. I’ve recreated several of his puzzles for my classroom: Arrows Puzzle, Ducks and Snakes Puzzle, Equation Rotation Puzzle, Connect the Dots, and Hidden Equation. Recently, I discovered his homepage that is chock-full of enough free puzzles to keep you busy for a …
I love logic puzzles! I love puzzles that make me think, that challenge me. I want a puzzle that’s not impossible and not immediately solvable. It needs to be somewhere in the middle. The other day, I was looking for some puzzles to keep my statistics students busy. I had been administering standardized tests all …