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Diminishing Returns
What happens when you keep continuing a pattern, forever? Delve into the infinite and find the patterns and their area!
Apple Orchard (4-12) [video]
This layout based on how apple trees are planted in orchards leads to some interesting explorations of area, patterns, and growth rates. Younger students can model the situation with beads […]
Jo’s Pennies and Paperclips
Jo’s undergraduate students work on the Pennies and Paperclips task from Discovering the Art of Mathematics: Pennies and Paperclips is a two-player game played on a 4 by 4 checkerboard […]
Youcubed My Heart
My heart is always with youcubed. Here’s a tessellation of our logo! Task Instruction What is the area of the shape? What is the perimeter of the shape? How many […]
Taxicab
Introduction by Jo Boaler It seems that taxis have been a part of my life for years. When I was a teacher and academic in London I would see the […]
Health and Nutrition from Core-Plus Mathematics
Introduction At youcubed we are so excited to share this activity derived from a problem in Core-Plus Mathematics, Course 1. The problem included here is from Unit 3, Linear Functions, […]
Crackers
Introduction by Cathy Williams Maybe some of you recall from childhood, discovering a set of 6 little cardboard cards filled with numbers that came as a prize in a Cracker […]