Joyful Mathematics At Home!
Joyful Mathematics
At Home!
With may students staying home for the COVID-19 quarantine, JRMF and the National Association of Math Circles have created resources for students & families to engage with math from home!
These mathematically-minded activities can be played with materials found around the house and a little bit of printing or can be played entirely online through use of Google Slides!
Wolves & Sheep
(Online Version)
This lesson can be done entirely through Google Slides. Click the button below to view Witches Cauldrons on Google Drive.
Wolves & Sheep (Offline Version)
Wolves & Sheep
(Offline Version)
Your goal is to place sheep and wolves on a game board so no sheep will be eaten!
You can place your wolves and sheep wherever you want, but wolves will eat any sheep they have a straight path to. So sheep are in danger if any of the following:
- A wolf and a sheep are on the horizontal line
- A wolf and a sheep are on the same vertical line
- A wolf and a sheep are on the same diagonal line
Good for Grades: 2nd – 6th
Strategies: Working backwards, wishful thinking
- Wolves & Sheep JRMF Printout (Spanish) or a chessboard/checkerboard
- One color of counters to represent wolves
- A different color of counters to represent sheep
Description
Your goal is to place sheep and wolves on a game board so no sheep will be eaten!
You can place your wolves and sheep wherever you want, but wolves will eat any sheep they have a straight path to. So sheep are in danger if any of the following:
- A wolf and a sheep are on the horizontal line
- A wolf and a sheep are on the same vertical line
- A wolf and a sheep are on the same diagonal line
Overview
Good for Grades: 2nd – 5th
Strategies: Working backwards, Wishful thinking
Materials
- Wolves & Sheep JRMF Printout (Spanish) or a chessboard/checkerboard
- One color of counters to represent wolves
- A different color of counters to represent sheep