Saturday, February 21, 2015

Minecraft Math

All my students are addicted to Minecraft, so why not use their passion to engage them and in one of the most tedious mathematical concepts. Teaching students to create various solids is a fun activity to help them understand Volume & Surface Area.

This year a goal of mine has been to fight students anxiety around mathematics. I wanted to create a safe environment where children enjoy math and taking risks. We've played games, made strong connections to real world examples and had fun. One of the most eye opening moments came a few weeks ago, when students were working on a difficult problem, but instead of being defeated the students were excited about going back and trying out different strategies to get the correct answer. This solidified everything we had been working towards this year.