It’s Monday, July 2, 2018, and time for Math at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
Education.com: Independence Day Activities
(www.education.com/activity/article/The_lost_redcoat/)
Age Range: 7-18 (Grades 2-12, with parental supervision)
This massive, ad-supported, website offers a variety of educational activities and games to celebrate the 4th of July! We’ve focused on one game for this review, where kids (about ages 8-11) use social studies, geography, and math coordinate skills to “Find the Lost British Redcoat.”
When you get to the site, you’ll need to sign up as a member (free) to access the materials. Then see the complete instructions for the game along with a free, printable map grid to use as you play.
When you’re through finding the lost Redcoat, check out all of the fun and educational 4th of July activities archived at this site including:
- Make a patriotic pinwheel – fun for all ages
- Make soda pop fireworks – using 4th grade science
- Use math skills to make a patriotic patchwork “quilt” placemat – for second graders
- Would you sign the Declaration of Independence? – an activity for teens!
- And more!
Just click on an activity of interest to get the instructions and downloadable materials. Happy Independence Day!
