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Scientific American

Life-Sized Drawing

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Ocean explorers or mathematicians research the wreck of the CSS H.L. Hunley. They investigate the actual dimensions of the Hunley using math and measuring skills. Afterward, they sketch a large scale drawing of the submarine outdoors on...
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Curated OER

House and Holmes: A Guide to Deductive and Inductive Reasoning

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Test your pupils' reasoning skills with several activities and a quick mystery to solve. Learners watch and analyze a few video clips that demonstrate reasoning in action, practice deduction with an interactive and collaborative...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Challenge: Code Breaker

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Here is a code-breaker multiplication and division game which has learners find the missing letter in equations, then solve and use those letters to "break the code," which actually is the answer to a riddle. Make math fun with a...
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Penguin Books

Educator's Guide: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed Standards
Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is filled with secrets. Help readers find the clues, solve the riddles and puzzles, and unwrap the mysteries with a six-page guide that includes before, during, and after reading discussion questions and...
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Math Drills

Thanksgiving Cartesian Art: Pilgrim Hat

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
What did some Pilgrims wear on top of their heads? Individuals graph sets of ordered pairs, and connect the points to create a mystery Thanksgiving picture.
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Math Drills

Thanksgiving Cartesian Art: Mayflower

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
How did the Pilgrims arrive to America? Middle schoolers graph ordered pairs on a coordinate system, connect the points, and discover a mystery picture—the Mayflower.
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Math Drills

Halloween Cartesian Art: Witch Hat

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
What is the mystery picture? After plotting points on the first quadrant of a Cartesian coordinate system, young mathematicians connect the points to create a Halloween-themed picture.
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Math Drills

Thanksgiving Cartesian Art: Pumpkin

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Not a Halloween jack-o-lantern, but a Thanksgiving pumpkin! Young mathematicians graph and connect points on a coordinate system to unveil the mystery picture.
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Coloring Squared

Snowman—Practice Multiplication

For Students 3rd Standards
What has a carrot nose, wears a scarf, and is made out of snow? Looks like you'll have to solve the multiplication facts to figure out the colors of each box that makes up this multiplication color-by-number instructional activity.
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Curated OER

Investigation - The M & M Mystery

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders inspect M&M's to complete statistical data. Students interpret percent of colors represented. They convert data from decimals, fractions, and percents. Using the data, 6th graders create a bar graph and a circle graph.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Solving a Matrix Equation: Mystery Matrix

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Solve a matrix in code—color code. Pupils use the interactive resource to set up the matrix equation and its solution path. Scholars use the created solution path to determine the entries of the 2 X 2 solution.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Monomial Factors of Polynomials: Mystery Boxes

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Shortcut the work in finding total volumes. Pupils determine a polynomial expression that would represent the combined volume of three boxes. Each box has the same height, and the scholars rewrite the expression by factoring out the...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Venn Diagrams: T-Shirt Mystery

For Students 6th - 8th
Sorting your t-shirts is easy with Venn diagrams. Individuals use a drag and drop interactive to classify shapes on t-shirts into Venn diagrams. A set of challenge questions tests whether the classification is correct.
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Curated OER

Mystery Spinners

For Teachers 7th Standards
Take a spin with probability. Given a set of clues about the probability of events on a spinner, groups create their own  device to match the clues. Using a jigsaw strategy, groups share their spinners and strategies with other...
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Curated OER

Halloween Mystery Math #3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this 3 digit addition review activity, learners celebrate Halloween as they solve 19 addition problems and decode the holiday message with their answers.
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Curated OER

Fractions IV - Equivalent Fractions by Monica Yuskaitis

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Comparing equivalent fractions is one of the most difficult math concepts to teach to youngsters. How can numbers that look so different actually represent the same thing? This presentation takes a lot of the mystery out of equivalent...
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Curated OER

Mystery Operations: Math, Patterns, Logic

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity the computer/teacher makes up a mystery operation, and you have to figure out what the operation is. You give the computer/teacher two numbers to calculate, and it tells you the answer. This is your first piece of...
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Curated OER

Mystery Code

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fractions secret code worksheet, students solve 9 problems that require them to add and subtract using fractions. Students use their answers to decode a mystery message.
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Curated OER

Valentine's Day Chocolates Mystery: Sums to 198 (A)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For some Valentine's Day math fun, students solve a puzzle to find how many chocolates are in the candy box. Students add two digit numbers to other two digit numbers, and each answer over 98 represents a candy in the Valentine's candy box.
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Curated OER

You've Got My Number challenge

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this finding the number word problem worksheet, students use the clues one more is and ten more is to discover the mystery number. Students solve eight problems.
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Curated OER

Holiday Math Mystery

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Christmas math worksheet, students fill in each tree with the missing number to complete the addition problems. Students then use the missing numbers to find the secret message about Christmas.
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Curated OER

Mystery Boxes

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this math learning exercise, students solve the problems that use the operation of addition. They fill in the missing addends or sums as needed.
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Curated OER

Using Bar Graphs

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
What's your favorite pizza topping? Scholars analyze two bar graphs, one depicting a math club's favorite pizza toppings and the other ice cream sales per flavor. As they examine the graphs, learners answer a few comprehension questions....
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Math Solutions

Race to 20

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
And they're off! Working in pairs, young mathematicians roll dice to see who can fill in their double ten-frames first. When students finally fill in their arrays, they create addition number sentences that represent their rolls, helping...

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