Making Math Review a High-Energy Game

In the 100 Squares Challenge, math review takes the form of friendly-but fierce!-competition, inspiring students to complete problems under pressure.
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When high school math teacher Jennifer Feehan got home one day, she turned to her husband proudly and said, “I had kids running to do math problems today. Like, running.”
Her secret? A game called 100 Squares Challenge, which she uses as a tool for review in her AP precalculus class at Fauquier High School, in Warrenton, VA. To prepare, she sources dozens of math problems from worksheets and AP classroom questions. She cuts up the worksheets so each piece of paper includes just one problem, and makes an answer key for herself.
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[@bboyneon92]

Love this!
I'm someone who believes in a safe space, movement and competition. I feel this activity holds space for all of that.
Will try this sometime when I get the chance.

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[@bboyneon92]

The link's broken. Please check!

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@@bboyneon92 Thank you for letting us know! We'll work to fix that link. In the meantime, here's a working version: www.edutopia.org/go/the-intercom

[@davinagallardo9393]

What a wonderful teacher 🫶🏼

[@janenewalker5962]

I would love to have more details on how this works. The erasing part was not really explained.

[@danagehman7455]

I believe the erasing is a way to steal someone's box. If you solve a problem someone else did, you can steal their box.

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That's correct-erasing names is a way to steal a box after you've solved the problem associated with it.
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