Computer Lab Activities
Creepy Crawlies: A Math Hunt Activity
Roaches! Beetles! Bloodsucking leeches! This learning activity challenges students to answer math-related questions about bugs and insects after conducting a little research.
- Grades: 3–5, 6–8
In “Creepy Crawlies” (grades 5–8), part of Scholastic’s Math Hunt series, students go on an online fact-finding mission to answer five multiple-choice, math-related questions about bugs and insects.
In addition to challenging students’ reading comprehension skills, “Creepy Crawlies” tests these “math hunting” skills:
- Algebraic Expressions: Order of Operations
- Converting Units of Measurement
- Fractions
- Multiplication/Division
Sample question:
How many times its length can a flea jump?
- 84
- 14
- 104
Learning Objectives
By participating in Math Hunt, students will:
- Practice problem-solving skills from the grade 5-8 math curriculum
- Explore topics from the grades 5-8 science and social studies curriculum
- Learn basic Internet research skills
- Develop an understanding of the construction of standardized test questions and multiple-choice answers
- Part of Collection:
- Subjects:Algebra, Fractions and Decimals, Multiplication and Division, Measurement, Word Problems
