Staci Gladden
"Fun with Spirolaterals"
This activity involves children working with graphs, using numbers
to create fun designs, and using directions to create those designs
with the numbers. We will explore which number patterns create a closed
spirograph and which ones don't and attempt to find the relationship
between the numbers and the patterns.
Annie Spangenthal
"Number Lines"
My project has to do with working on subtraction, addition, and maybe
early multiplication (for the older children) using the number line.
This will allow the children to visually see how to count from one
number to the other, also working on one to one correspondence. The
children can also be actively involved in their work and can participate
by physically moving themselves from one number to the next.
Lori Felsenfeld
"Fishing for Money"
This activity consists of children using a yardstick to fish for money.
There will be ten fish on the ground to fish for, and the purpose
is to reinforce counting principles dealing with money. The activity
on the side called "Money in a Jar" encourages the children
to make a reasonable estimation.
Lincoln Whitaker
"Mathball"
This activity involves addition and subtraction of both positive and
negative numbers.
Autumn Gillenwater
"Multiplication Football"
This activity will help to improve or enhance a student's concept
of the multiplication tables. They also get to enjoy playing football
while at the same time learning their multiplication tables.
Cathy Rábago
"Math Wild Simon"
Simon has gone math wild and he is asking all of his mathletes to
show him mathematical objects or words. The mathletes will practice
their recognition skills of simple mathematical terms and objects.
This activity is appropriate for grades Kindergarten through fifth.
It can be used as practice for Kindergartners and first graders, and
as a review for second through fifth graders. The mathletes will work
with basic addition and subtraction of whole numbers, recognition
of different types of coins, identification of the instruments used
to measure lengths and temperature such as a ruler or thermometer,
recognition of different geometric shapes, and be able to identify
a calculator.
Russell
"Where Should the Playgrounds Go?"
This activity is built for the use and development of spacial skills
used in mathematical concepts and in everyday living.
Stephanie Shupe
"Assorted Counting"
The students will use addition and subtraction when playing. He/she
will have to know how to count from one to ten, then use subtraction
to figure out how many pieces are left over when they have gotten
ten in each bag and can get no more groups of ten. It is a game for
Kindergartners through second grade.
Shelbie Alexander
"Alien Mask"
This is a geometry math project using x and y coordinates. The activity
is targeted toward third grade. The student will be able to read,
interpret, plot, and connect x and y coordinates to create an alien
mask.
Leigh Ann Houser
"Math Tic Tac Toe Game"
This activity will help children learn to add and subtract numbers
0-9 in a non-traditional way. It is a tic tac toe game that will allow
the children to have fun and learn without realizing it. This will
help them to become more familiar and gain confidence with their addition
and subtraction skills.
Stephanie Shifflett
"Identifying Fractions"
This activity consists of identifying different fractions by using
a locator chart. The game is designed so children can locate fractions
with what they already know. After they have done this they will have
a chance to learn more by finding out some fractions are exactly the
same; the chart will allow them to see this visually.
Nicole Pucci
"Fun with Shapes"
Several games are involved which targeted towards the kindergarten
age. They will be learning cognitive learning skills, shapes, shape
recognition, sequence, and matching. All of these games are hands
on and some will have rewards. The goal is to create a fun learning
environment.
Michelle Anderson
"The Math Game"
This activity is a board game that involves solving mathematical operations
containing two different operations that have to be correctly solved
in order to proceed in the game. The object of this game is to be
the first to return back home. This game is to help practice solving
mathematical problems while having fun.
Jennifer Uss
"Bean Bag Toss 2, 5, 10, 100"
This activity involves number patterns. This encourages the mathlete
to recognize patterns such as 2, 4, 5, 10, and 100. This game will
be played with a bean bag. The mathlete will use his or her prior
knowledge of counting patterns for this activity.
Callie Daniel
"Bubble Shapes"
This activity involves constructing two-and three-dimensional shapes
using toothpicks and gumdrops. After constructing the shapes the students
will place them in a bubble solution to see if the structure that
they made can make a bubble in that shape. This is a fun and creative
activity, which expands student's minds to a variety of different
shapes and enables them to construct it for themselves.
Amanda Dean
"Fractals"
Fractals involve the iteration of shapes to create different, more
complex images. It can help students recognize patterns and learn
about geometry.
Lindsay Botkin
"Leap Frog with Numbers"
This activity includes lily pad like mats on the floor with numbers
written on them. The children will then draw a number out of a container
and the number they draw is the number that they will leap to on the
lily pads. This will be the adding part of the activity. Then they
will draw another number from another hat and they will jump backwards
to that number. This will be the subtraction part of the activity.
The number that they end on is the number of candy frogs that they
will receive.
Lisa Spencer
"M&M Math"
"M&M Math" involves learning the concepts of math areas
involving the use of M&M candies. The students will use the candies
in activities to manipulate fractions, groupings of multiplication,
and for smaller children adding and subtracting concepts. The students
will have fun figuring the math concepts and then getting to eat the
candies. There will also be a door prize game with a prize to be given
away every half hour to the lucky winner.
Laurie Luoto
and Elaine Pugh
"Tangrams"
With this activity, we will be teaching younger students about basic
geometrical shapes and how, when combined with other shapes you can
form a different shape. This was taken from an ancient Chinese game
in which you take seven basic shapes: 2 large triangles, 2 small triangles,
1 medium triangle, a square and a parallelogram to form many different
objects such as cups, boats, people and even animals. |