Geoboards

Manipulatives in the Primary Classroom 

Stage: 1 and 2

In this article for teachers, Jenni Back offers research-based guidance about the use of manipulatives in the classroom.

Take a ... Geoboard 

Stage: 1 and 2

This article for teachers explains why geoboards are such an invaluable resource and introduces several tasks which make use of them.

Virtual Geoboard 

A virtual geoboard that allows you to create shapes by stretching rubber bands between pegs on the board. Allows a variable number of pegs and variable grid geometry and includes a point labeller.

Board Block 

Stage: 1 Challenge Level:

Take it in turns to make a triangle on the pegboard. Can you block your opponent?

Inside Triangles 

Stage: 1 Challenge Level:

How many different triangles can you draw on the dotty grid which each have one dot in the middle?

Happy Halving 

Stage: 1 Challenge Level:

Can you split each of the shapes below in half so that the two parts are exactly the same?

Transformations on a Pegboard 

Stage: 2 Challenge Level:

How would you move the bands on the pegboard to alter these shapes?

Nine-pin Triangles 

Stage: 2 Challenge Level:

How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?

Board Block Challenge 

Stage: 2 Challenge Level:

Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?

Pebbles 

Stage: 2 and 3 Challenge Level:

Place four pebbles on the sand in the form of a square. Keep adding as few pebbles as necessary to double the area. How many extra pebbles are added each time?