Requires some effort getting local lumber yards or construction sites to donate scrap lumber. Math topics include two and three-dimensional visualization. Parents see how many different kinds of math can be used to solve a problem. . Nutrition Label Participants learn to read the Nutrition Label and use that understanding to play a game. Math topics include computation.
Parents see how math concepts can be learned while solving a real-world problem.
Shop Around A fun game based on grocery shopping. Players work in teams to make decisions about what to buy, how much is needed and where to buy it. Math topics include ratio, rates and optimization. Parents see and compare many ways of approaching the same problem. . Math topics include percents in multiple representations, such as pictures, charts, symbols and words. .