ABCya
Ab Cya: Daisy's Plumber Puzzle
Daisy needs your help getting water to all the snoozing flowers! Use your plumber skills to rearrange the pipes so that the water flows from the faucet to the thirsty flower. The whole family will have fun with this puzzle game!
ABCya
Ab Cya: Puzzle Drops
Puzzle Drops is a fun match-3 puzzle game that the whole family will enjoy! Click/tap to rotate the puzzle piece and then drag it to the appropriate place on the game board. You'll have to use some strategy to reach the goal in each level.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Robot Islands 2
Our little robot friend is back in this fun game to help teach basic programming skills. Help guide the robot through each level by selecting a command and placing it on the map in the proper order. You'll have to use your problem...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Robot Islands
Robot Islands is a fun game to help teach basic programming skills. Help guide the robot through each level by selecting a command and placing it on the map in the proper order. You'll have to use your problem solving skills in order to...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Robo Trobo
Robo Trobo is a problem solving game for kids of all ages. Kids will need to guide Robo through complex puzzles in order to complete the different levels. Have fun and think outside the box!
ABCya
Ab Cya: School Bus Pickup
School Bus Pickup is a fun route planning game for kids! Help the children get to their destinations by carefully planning the bus routes. Can you get everyone on the bus? Be sure to avoid crashes!
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Dr. Suess Graphs and Mountains
Climbing a mountain, you reach the greatest height at the top. What about a math mountain? The graphic can help students solve for a missing number.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Matchboxes and Problem Solving
Read this passage and study the charts to complete a five-question quiz about problem solving experiments.
Other
Science Museum: Total Darkness
When the power goes out, it's time for action in our brand new game. Venture into the dark, explore different locations and meet new characters - creating your own unique adventure as you play! Use your science skills to get the power...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Donkey Hodie: Collection
Donkey Hodie online resources provide many opportunities for educators to introduce or reinforce social emotional curriculum. In every episode of this puppet series for 3-5-year-olds, Donkey Hodie and her pals, Purple Panda, Duck Duck...
PBS
Pbs: Mike and Padhu: Bikes and Trikes
Solve a word problem with Mike and Padhu. This video focuses on valid methods of problem solving, including guess-and-check and modeling with manipulatives.
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Words for Operations
The table presented includes common words and phrases used in mathematics along with their algebraic form. This table is helpful for translating word problems into equations.
McREL International
Mc Rel: Whelmer #11 Learning Activity: Straw Oboes
An easy to do activity that investigates sound waves, wave length, frequency and pitch. The activity is presented in a lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
McREL International
Mc Rel: Whelmer #64 Learning Activity: Liquid Rainbow
An easy to do activity that investigates density and solubility. The activity is presented in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides and Strategies: Problem Solving and Decision Making
Learn step-by-step problem solving skills with this free and user-friendly study guide. Integrate the strategies into your lesson plans or use the actual study guide to each your students about problem solving and decision making.
Hofstra University
Hofstra University: Linear Programming
This lesson is a review of problems with systems of inequalities. Many of the questions involve real world scenarios as word problems which the reader must decipher and resolve.
Harvey Mudd College
Mudd Math Fun Facts: Pascal's Triangle
This tutorial defines and and demonstrates Pascal's triangle.
Harvey Mudd College
Mudd Math Fun Facts: Magic Squares, Indeed!
This tutorial provides a definition and examples of a "magic square" and then shows a proof and generalizations.
Harvey Mudd College
Mudd Math Fun Facts: Difference of Squares
Using algebra, learn how to do fast math in your head!
Harvey Mudd College
Mudd Math Fun Facts: Squares Ending in 5
This math tutorial features an exercise in which you are given any two-digit number that ends in 5 and then square it in your head.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Movie Money
Do movie theaters make lots of money? You can find out when you try this math challenge that explores profit and loss in the theater industry. Discover why understanding problem solving, percent, and basic calculations are essential in...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Visualizing
Is seeing believing? Explore visualizing and spatial reasoning with three dimensional shapes in this challenge from the NCTM Math Challenge for Families collection. Discover why visualization is essential skill in real world situations.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: The Race [Pdf]
A challenge that combines skills in problem solving and logical reasoning. See if you can figure out who will win the race by determining the rate of speed of each runner. A one page activity from NCTM Math Challenges for Families...
Scholastic
Scholastic: I Spy
These interactive matching games for elementary age students combine visuals of familiar objects and rhyming riddles to create brain-teasing puzzles.