A collection of elementary math projects that demonstrate the application of coding to solve math problems and model math concepts.

  • Grades 6-8
  • Intermediate
  • Web iPad

Description

Once your students have completed at least five lessons of Programming 101 or equivalent coding experience, you can assign these CCSS-aligned projects to complement your teaching on topics in geometry, measurement units, fractions, probability, and more. For example, if you’re teaching a lesson on probability, you can assign the Dice Rolls project. Your students will use coding to create a simulation of dice being rolled, then explore the probability of different outcomes by programmatically rolling a die hundreds or thousands of times.

With this collection of math projects, you can easily integrate coding and project-based learning into your curriculum. Each STEM lesson walks students through how to make a project about something they’re learning in school with step-by-step instructions. At each step, it encourages them to make their project unique and interesting, emphasizing that coding is a creative medium much like writing or drawing.

We’re constantly updating our STEM courses with new projects, so if there’s something you’d like us to add, send us a message at support@tynker.com.

What Students Learn

  • Use programming for math projects
  • Build a slide show on a topic
  • Build a quiz game
  • Make an interactive chart
  • Use animation to illustrate
  • Narrate using your own voice
  • Use the physics engine to model
  • Troubleshoot and debug programs

Technical Requirements

* Online courses require a modern desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet access and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required.
* Tablet courses require an iPad (iOS 10+) with Tynker or Tynker Junior app installed and Internet access


Lesson 1 : Math Quiz
Math 201

Time: 45+ minutes

Introduction

Tynker Blocks Introduced

Vocabulary

Objectives

Materials

Warm-Up (15 minutes)

Activities (30 minutes)

Facilitate as students complete all Math Quiz modules on their own:

1. Introduction (Introduction)
2. Math Quiz Example (Example)
3. Math Quiz (DIY)
4. Quiz (Multiple-choice)

Extended Activities (10 minutes)

U.S. Standards

  • CCSS-Math: MP1, 6.NS.B.4, 7.NS.A.1.D, 8.EE.A.1
  • CCSS-ELA: SL.6.1, SL.7.1, SL.8.1
  • CSTA: 2-AP-12, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-16, 2-AP-17
  • CS CA: 6-8.AP.13, 6-8.AP.16, 6-8.AP.17
  • ISTE: 1.c, 1.d, 4.d, 5.c, 5.d, 6.b

U.K. Standards

Key stage 3
Pupils should be taught to:
  • design, use and evaluate computational abstractions that model the state and behaviour of real-world problems and physical systems
  • create, reuse, revise and repurpose digital artefacts for a given audience, with attention to trustworthiness, design and usability
  • understand a range of ways to use technology safely, respectfully, responsibly and securely, including protecting their online identity and privacy; recognise inappropriate content, contact and conduct, and know how to report concerns

Class Presentations

These student-facing slide presentations help educators seamlessly run Tynker lessons in a virtual or physical classroom setting. Each lesson has its own set of slides that introduce the big ideas, suggest unplugged activities, and include a section for each activity module. While running lesson slides, you can switch back and forth between the activity, the slides, answer keys and other lesson materials.
A sample slide presentation is available for your review. Please log in to view all the class presentations available with your plan..
Lesson 1
Math Quiz
22 Slides
PREVIEW
Lesson 2
Coordinate Plane
22 Slides
Lesson 3
Average Age
22 Slides
Lesson 4
Positive and Negative Values
22 Slides
Lesson 5
Double Negatives
25 Slides
Lesson 6
Percents and Money
21 Slides
Lesson 7
Market Price
22 Slides
Lesson 8
Your Recipe
23 Slides
Lesson 9
My Shop
21 Slides
Lesson 10
Probability Magic
23 Slides
Lesson 11
Dice Rolls
22 Slides
LOVE< LOVE< LOVE!! Thank you for all the time and hard work to let us experience CODE! Johancen Callae Teacher from Skyline Vista School, CO
We have looking for a way to introduce students to programming in a clear and concise manner. Other programs were either too childish or too hard. Tynker was a perfect choice. Jennifer Buonafede Teacher from Sacred Heart Schools, CA
Tynker has been an invaluable tool this year. It has given my students the ability to explain what they want to happen in their creations while slowly learning the specific nomenclature of computer science and game design. Jason Mickelson Teacher from St. Matthew's Episcopal Day School, CA