Moving right along... to our next activity: Multiplication Puzzle Grab! This was by far the most extensive and challenging activity yet! But also my favorite and most rewarding project. :) This activity is geared for students in grades 3-5 and requires a large range of skills from math in the form of multiplication, engineering by way of constructing a puzzle, and technology via a mechanical claw grabber.
The Process:
The first step was to come up with a list of multiplication questions ranging in difficulty tailored to the different age groups. I created an easy, medium, hard, and challenge category with numerous problems in each.
The next idea I had was to incorporate some sort puzzle into this activity. I suddenly realized what I could do! For each set of problems I created a key
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The number would correspond to the answer of the multiplication question and a number on a mat.
So I color coded each category and painted that color on the side of the corresponding blocks, to differentiate between the puzzles and their level of difficulty.
Each category has their own "multiplication mat"
Within this project I wanted to somehow incorporate a mechanical claw grabber, so I decided that once the student solved the problem, found the correct block with the answer on it, they could grab the block from a container and place it in the corresponding space on the mat.
Once they solved each problem and place all the blocks in their correct space, the paintings on each block would come together to create one BIG picture! (There are 4 pictures in total)
It seems like a long process, but is actually very simple and entertaining to carry out and I really enjoyed being creative with this activity to add fun into hard work! :)
Additional picture of the progress:
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