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Recommended Website:     AIMS: Puzzle Corner


http://www.aimsedu.org/Puzzle/

Age Range: All (As the website explains: "The puzzles have not been assigned a grade level appropriateness because we have
discovered that the ability to do a puzzle varies by individual not grade level.")


The AIMS (Activities In Math and Science) Foundation sponsors
this website with a variety of math and science resources - but I was especially intrigued with the Math Puzzle Corner
with over 100 free math puzzles in a variety of categories and levels of difficulty.

When you get to the website you'll see a brief introduction and a menu of math puzzle activities that include:

*Arrangement Puzzles
*Dissection Puzzles
*Divergent Thinking Puzzles
*Number Puzzles
*Logic Puzzles
*Toothpick Puzzles
*Topological Puzzles
*Visual Puzzles

Click on any category and a new page opens with a menu of math puzzles and a difficulty rating for each.
Click on the puzzle you want to solve and a new page opens that provides:

*A description of the puzzle
*The history of the puzzle
*Instructions for working/solving the puzzle
*Printable worksheets (if needed/required)

The idea here is to print out any worksheets required and do the puzzle offline.

When you are through exploring the puzzles, be sure to click on "Free Resources" on the menu bar at the top of the screen
to access some activities and lesson plans for grades K-9 that you can download in pdf format. They provide examples of the
AIMS approach to teaching math and science - and if you like it, you can purchase additional activities and lessons at the
website. No purchase is necessary to access the free materials.

Diane Flynn Keith
for ClickSchooling
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