MathCaching!
Aug 24th, 2008 by Alicia
What fun! Mathbits.com has developed an online treasure hunt of math problems, geocaching style.
In the spirit of geocaching, we have created activities called “MathCaching” which use the internet to find hidden boxes to reveal clues to the continuation of the games. Your success at “MathCaching” is dependent upon your skills at solving mathematical problems.
The MathCaching games are subject area dependent. There are versions of MathCaching for Basic Math Skills (”BasicCaching”), Algebra (”AlgeCaching”), Geometry (”GeoCaching”), Algebra2 (Alge2Caching), Trig (”TrigCaching”), PreCalculus (”PreCalcuCaching”) and Calculus (”CalcuCaching”).
Even the basic one is a bit tricky so I’m suspecting I’ll need to help steer my kids in the right direction. I think they’ll love the idea though, and the challenge. I’ll let you know how it goes!
That is SO cool.
Thanks for the link.