Remove the stigma of failure. Ensure every student gets a success AND a failure.
Dr. Gordon Hamilton
MathPickle is for K-12 teachers.
Here you will find curricular games, puzzles and mini-competitions for the classroom.
Grade 11 students use slopes to bust a
magic trick.
Grade 6 students practice factoring with a simple game that has never been solved.
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These Vi Hart doodles are perfect for a joint grade 4 art/math class.
Mathematics and Beauty are Inseparable.
Grade 9 gnomes clash wits with the
evil Dr. James Tanton.
War, Death and Nastiness
Engage Students.
Hard Fun!
That’s How We Learn Best.
Grade 2 students practice addition as they figure out how to best destroy enemy droids.
Grade 5 students practice division as they figure out how to get through a worm hole.
Grade 3 students practice subtraction with tough insectoid puzzles.
Grade 4 students practice multiplication as they try to save the lives of Daedalus and Icarus.
Parents should establish a culture of board gaming in the home. Why?
Epic fail in math class.
Let’s abolish elementary school math.
Vi Hart plays with fractals.