2nd Grade Digital Math Mystery March Madness

Digital Math Mysteries are a fun and engaging activity where students start reading the story, solve the word problems, and click on the correct answer. If the correct answer is chosen, the story continues. If a wrong answer is chosen, a 'stopper' will tell them to go back to where they were working, and TRY AGAIN! Click here to check out a video to see this digital version in action.

This fun and engaging digital mystery is SELF-CORRECTING, NO PREP and completely PAPERLESS. Just decide if you want your kids to work individually or in groups. Then, share the Google Sites™ website with your students and watch the excitement begin! It works great with Google Classroom, too!

This mystery includes these skills:

• subtraction with basic regrouping
• *Time to the nearest 5 minutes
• finding area with squares
• *fractions
• *subtraction facts
• *Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes do not need the same shape.
• *graphing and comparing data
• *elapsed time
• *adding money
• *estimating as to whether you have enough money

This math mystery should take your students 30-45 minutes to complete, depending on student ability levels. Some of the benefits of digital math mysteries are:

• Builds critical thinking skills
• Promotes problem-solving skills
• Paperless and No Prep
• Reinforces grade level math concepts
• Engaging and fun!

Included in this resource:

• Link to The Case of the Mixed-Up March Madness 
• Teacher Guide of directions on how to use the resource with tips for how to introduce a math mystery
• QR Code (for accessing the site with mobile devices using a QR code reader app)

TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS:

• Access to Computers, Laptops, Chromebooks or mobile devices
• Access to viewing Google Forms™ OR
• Genially

Thanks for stopping by!

Hilary Lewis