rich tasks
During the 2 year OAME Grade 9 Applied Project much attention was paid to the use of rich tasks in the classroom. The participants shared many of the tasks that they used with their own students with each other. Some of these tasks have been compiled here.
The Painted Cube
How many squares would be shaded around the border of a 6 x 6 grid?
What about a 100 x 100 grid?
Download Border Problem pdf
The border problem
Boaler & Humphreys, 2005
For a detailed lesson plan visited A collection of Math Lessons
A farmer has 36 individual lengths of fence. Each is 1 m long. What is the smallest area that that can be enclosed using all 36 fences?
What is the biggest area that can be enclosed?
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36 Fences
36 Fences
Adapted from "Experiencing School Mathematics", Boaler, 1997
Nana's paint mix-up
Dan Meyer's 3 Act Math Problem.
For more problems from Dan Meyer visit his bank of problems.
Super bear
Dan Meyer's 3 Act Math Problem.
For more problems from Dan Meyer visit his bank of problems.
In this problem students are asked:
- If you wanted to eat enough Mini-Bears to match the Super-Bear, how many would it take? What if you ate Regular-Bears?
- Guess as close as you can for each. Write your guesses down.
- Give answers for each that you know are too high.
- Give answers for each that you know are too low.
For Act 2 and 3 visit Dan Meyer's activity online.
TAXMAN
adapted from Dr. Liljedahl