We study algebra with hands-on puzzles that all have a secret code to be found.
We discovered that to build 3 step, 4 step and 5 step staircases you needed 9 blocks, 16 blocks and 25 blocks...so the code to find the number of blocks we needed was:
the number of steps multiplied by itself, so a 10 step staircase would need 100 blocks!
Finding the answers needed a LOT of trial and error,
persistence was the key!
The students make sure the tadpoles get breakfast each day
so they keep growing!
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