Exploring Math Through Puzzles

EXPLORING MATH THROUGH PUZZLES

GRADE 5-8
MANIPULATIVES
& GAMES

Grades 5-12

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Engage your students and their critical thinking skills with this exciting book of puzzles. This best-selling copymaster set contains step-by-step instructions for making 54 puzzles, designed to be solvable by novices, out of string, beads, and other common household items.

The mathematical principles behind the mechanical puzzles are also discussed. Students at all levels will be fascinated by the counting principles and topological ideas introduced.

Geometry teachers will appreciate the puzzles' strong links to three-dimensional visualization. Pre-Algebra and Algebra teachers will want to give these puzzles to their students for the problem-solving experience. Students will enjoy creating the puzzles and have even more fun challenging their classmates to solve them

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Also included in Exploring Math Through Puzzles:

Practical tips for puzzle assembly
List of materials for each puzzle
List of additional resources
Suggestions for related math activities including cooperative learning formats
Guidelines for creating new puzzles

An accompanying Exploring Math Through Puzzles Construction Kit is also available. This convenient, economical kit contains most of the materials you'll need to make the 54 puzzles in the book. You'll have enough beads, rings, string, cubes, and puzzleboards for all the puzzles - just provide your own wire and a few basic tools.

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