Combining coding with math education can significantly enhance students' engagement and understanding of mathematical concepts. By integrating coding exercises into math lessons, students can develop better reasoning and problem-solving skills.
Challenge: Create a Battleship-like game
where you take turns with an opponent
while continuing to practice multiplication
and division facts to score spaces on an
array
Introduce Pixel Art or Minecraft Art
to showcase possible finished art
products
Modify the array for learners
who are building their knowledge
to either an 8 x 8 or 10 x 10 array
Mathematical Processes
Communicating
working with a partner requires communication
Reflecting
Did my code work?
Does this make sense?
Reasoning and Proving
What are the factors, quotients, products and
divisors?
How do we know?
Do the numbers connect?
Social-Emotional Learning Skills
Think critically and creatively
How to piece things together to create art
Maintain positive motivation and perseverance
Connect coding to math facts, multiplication
tables and number bonds
Apply past experiences into new challenge
Recognize sources of stress and cope with
challenges