This learning activity, ‘Almost Squares’ is a board game for two players. It encourages students to derive multiplication facts by playing a game that uses addition, multiplication, and division. As they explore square numbers, they gain insights that will be valuable in algebra studies. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with …More
This learning activity, ‘Dicing Times’, provides a board and instructions for a game for two to four players. The game helps students to practise multiplication facts. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
In ‘Dylan’s Dominoes’, a domino designer rolls a pair of dice to decide which dots to put on his dominoes. The learning activity asks students to simulate 40 dice rolls, pool their data, and graph and analyse the results. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further …More
This learning activity, ‘Frogs Frolic’, features instructions and a delightfully illustrated board for a game for two to four players. The game helps students practise mental strategies for addition and subtraction. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Heading for Home’, provides a board and instructions for a game for two players. The game helps students to practise simple division. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This fractions hands-on activity, ‘Investigating Fractions’ asks students to practise with numerators and denominators.
This learning activity, ‘One Liner’, provides a board and instructions for a game for four players. The game helps students to practise addition facts. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This addition learning activity, ‘Pond’ is a game that encourages students to practise counting numbers.
This data and probability worksheet, ‘Probability’ explores concepts of probability. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This fractions learning activity, ‘Reducing Fractions’ asks students to practise simplifying fractions.
This learning activity, ‘Six Shooters’, provides a board and instructions for a game for four players. The game helps students to practise basic multiplication facts. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Sneaky Snakes’, includes a board and instructions for a simple game of chance. Students play the game and record how many throws it takes to reach the finish. They then analyse the data. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Stars and Students’ gives students a board game in which they must use multiplication to make moves. They gain practice with basic multiplication facts in a fun way, and learn the benefits of throwing a one. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and …More
The game, ‘Bunches’ asks students to practise mental addition of two or more one-digit numbers. Students can use the game as a way to try out different strategies for winning, for example by covering the high numbers first. The Teaching Notes supply suggestions for varying the game.