On Belay

About this game:

This is a more grownup and challenging version of Mountain Goat Scramble II. In this game, each team has a climber on each staircase The climbers are tied together by rope (hence the title On Belay) so care has to be given that the team doesn’t advance a particular climber too high and snap the rope, causing the team to plummet to the bottom and have to start all over. This is hands-on strategy and problem solving at its best. Don’t be surprised if your math savvy teenagers enjoy this game.

Skills:

Develops: Number Sense Develops &

Uses: Factors, Problem Solving, Strategy

NCTM Standards:

Pre-K - 2

N/A

Grades 3 - 5

1.1.0 Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems.

1.1.2 Recognize equivalent representations for the same number and generate them by composing and decomposing numbers.

1.3.0 Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.

1.3.2 Develop fluency in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing whole numbers.

5.4.0 Understand and apply basic concepts of probability.

6.3.0 Apply and adopt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems.

Grades 6 - 9

1.1.6 Use factors, multiples, prime factorization and relatively prime numbers to solve problems.

6.1.0 Build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving.

6.3.0 Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve.

8.4.0 Use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely. (Optional - see tips & tricks).

Tips & Tricks:

N/A

Response to Intervention Tier:

1,2,3