Internet Links

Theme 7: We Can Work It Out

These Web sites offer activities, facts, and materials that tie to the theme We Can Work It Out.

Aunty Math
The DuPage Children's Museum in Wheaton, Illinois, has created an engaging math Web site featuring Aunt Mathilda (Aunty Math) and her nieces and nephews. Children solve challenging word problems which may be adapted for young children. Extensive teacher tips are available.
http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html

Gallery
Cartoonist Rube Goldberg (1883–1970) was famous for his comic drawings of elaborately silly inventions for solving simple problems. The Art Gallery of Goldberg's cartoons presents a sample that children will enjoy, including "How to Keep Shop Windows Clean," "Simplified Pencil Sharpener," and eight more.
http://www.rubegoldberg.com/

abcteach
This site is filled with links to dozens of fun printable puzzles for children to solve, including mazes, dot-to-dot puzzles, math word puzzles, crosswords, word searches, and more.
http://abcteach.com/

Funology.com — Brain Drains
unology.com is dedicated to fun activities, and Brain Drains are dedicated to puzzles. Children can choose among Brain Teasers (word scrambles and rebuses), What the Heck? (mystery close-up photographs), Optical Illusions, Quizzes, Secret Codes, and Word Searches.
http://funology.com/braindrains/index.htm