GAMES/PUZZLES:
Mancala
Konigsberg
Bridge
Problem
Magic
Squares
Nim
The Triangle Puzzle
Tower
of Hanoi
Game of Tower of Hanoi
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on Tower of Hanoi
ART:
Origami & Math
A place to look for ideas to use in your presentations.
Research a game, art form, or music based on mathematics using a variety of online web resources. Feel free to use other sites and/or library reference materials for your project. Just be sure to include proper citations in your research.
Write a report that discusses the history of your game and discover how it uses mathematics in its creation and/or solution.
Create a replica of the game, as well as other visual aids.
Present your report to the class.
Teach the class how to play this game and involve the students in the playing of the game.
THINGS TO DO:
Design a presentation for the class to teach about your art form,
music,
puzzle, or game and its connection to mathematics.
Develop a student worksheet, to be given as a homework assignment, which will evaluate 5 areas that you expect the class to have learned from your lesson. Include an answer key for the worksheet. Both the worksheet and the answer key must be typed. Enough worksheets for each class member must be provided.
The day after your presentation, collect the students' worksheet. Collectively evaluate your classmates work. The group may chose to divide the papers equally among the group members to grade, or they may grade them together or in pairs. Give the graded worksheets to your teacher so that they may be included in each student's homework grade.
Hand in a bound report of your teams' work. It should include the following in this order:
PRESENTATION DATES:
Group 1 February 5, 2001
Group 2 February 8, 2001
Group 3 February 11, 2001
Group 4 February 14, 2001
Group 6 February 19, 2001
Group 8 February 25, 2001
