{"title":"Back to School Wooden STEM Puzzles, Math Tools and Classroom Games","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore pocket calculators, people multiplied and divided on wooden tools like Napier's Bones and the Genaille-Lucas rulers. We still make them. These are real math tools a student works out by hand, in wood instead of plastic, and teachers keep them in the classroom, not just the gift pile. One wrote to say he leaves ours out for students during free time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Napier's set and the Genaille-Lucas rulers are working reproductions of the instruments people actually calculated with, not toys shaped like teaching aids. A student who figures out why the rulers land on the right answer has understood multiplication in a way no worksheet delivers. Alongside them you will find fraction boards, the Counting 10 and Sum 15 puzzles, the Pythagorean Theorem puzzle, and a set of Shut the Box dice games that drill mental addition while everyone thinks they are just playing. The Moon Phases puzzle walks a student through the full lunar cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to choose: for a multiplication lesson, start with Napier's Bones or the Genaille-Lucas rulers. For younger hands and early number sense, the fraction boards, Counting 10 and Sum 15 do the work. For an astronomy unit, Moon Phases. For a teacher gift, the personalizable pieces take a name or a class year. Prices run from pocket-sized brain teasers under ten dollars up to the full calculating sets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are built to be handled every day, dropped in a backpack, and passed to the next student who picks them up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eQuestions teachers ask\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I order these for a whole classroom?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes. Teachers and schools order in quantity, and we can set up as a district vendor with a PO if that helps. Contact us with the pieces and counts you need for a quote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre they durable enough for daily classroom use?\u003c\/strong\u003e They are built to be handled every day and passed around a room. Customers use them for classroom free-time and station work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the difference between Napier's Bones and the Genaille-Lucas rulers?\u003c\/strong\u003e Both turn multiplication into reading off a grid. Napier's Bones need one small addition step along the diagonals; the Genaille-Lucas rulers were designed to remove even that, so you read the product straight off. Napier's is the better first history lesson; the Genaille-Lucas set is the aha.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan these be personalized?\u003c\/strong\u003e Many of them, yes. The personalizable pieces (the teacher gifts especially) can take a name or a class year engraved. The product page shows the option where it is offered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo you sell replacement pieces?\u003c\/strong\u003e For most of the wooden sets, yes. If a piece goes missing from a classroom set, reach out and we will help you replace it.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"napiers-arithmetic-board-multiplication-math-tool-with-pegs","title":"Napier's Local Arithmetic Board | STEM Montessori Math Learning Tool","description":"John Napier was a brilliant Scottish mathematician who lived from 1550 to 1617. He developed a number of methods to simplify mathematic operations most notably logarithms but also some calculation tools like Napiers Bones and this Local Arithmetic Board. This board will allow the calculation of 2 numbers, though each number must be less than 512.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's an amazing thing to use this board and get a sense of the history as well as the mathematics behind it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe set comes with base, cover, and pegs. The pegs are nice quality cribbage board pegs. The set measures about 7\" x 10\" with the text deeply laser engraved. Wood shown in picture and video is alder, but may be varied. Peg color may also vary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade in our Hudson, Florida shop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is an idea of how it works:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBreak down numbers to be multiplied (factors) into their base 2 components. One factor goes on the right hand column and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe other on the bottom row. In the example 24 x 36, the factor 24 is composed of the numbers 16 and 8. Put pegs in the 16 hole and the 8 hole on the right column. The factor 36 is composed of the numbers 32 and 4. Put pegs in the 32 and 4 holes in the bottom row.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting on the upper row, move pegs diagonal left and down to the bottom row. Then add the pegs on the bottom row to get the answer. See example below for 24 x 36.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf while moving pegs diagonal, you run into another peg, then you will have 2 pegs on the same spot. 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When you're ready, lift up the tool to release the marbles simultaneously and discover what happens!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fun and intriguing physics experiment that will have people second guessing themselves and eager to see the results of the race.   An interesting educational tool to discuss scientific principles such as gravity, acceleration and velocity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeasures roughly 13\" x 2.1\" x 4.75\" and weighs 2 lbs.  Very sturdy construction using floorboard for the siding and base for extra durability and MDF to ensure smoothness on the inner paths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo marbles (colors may vary) and acrylic starting tool included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesigned and made by Creative Crafthouse in the USA.  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Your goal is to find a 7 letter word or words on each side. There may be more than 1 possibility on a given side (see how many words you can find) but there is only 1 combination that will result in all 4 sides containing a word or words that when read together as the block is rotated form a sentence. It’s a secret message in a sense. Can you find it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote, see separate listing for Customizing your own Word Snake 7. 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The outcomes run A, B, C, D, F, and a few options every teacher will recognize after a long week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe base and swinging arm are precision laser-engraved hardwood with a magnetic pivot, sized to sit on a desk. 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The unit one bar also has notched lines in units of 1\/40.\u003cbr\u003eI use 2 contrasting ¼” thick woods for the bars.  Maple and alder are shown in the pictures, but I may use alternate woods at times.  The frame is made from floorboard, which provides strength and is scratch and water resistant.\u003cbr\u003eA wood cover will allow convenient storage to protect the pieces from getting lost.\u003cbr\u003eThe set measures about 7.5” x 10”.  All text is deeply laser engraved.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis set can be very effective in an introduction to fractions as the student can see the concepts physically and  even play and experiment with interrelationships or combinations of the units before trying to work them mathematically.  The concept of least common denominator used to add or subtract fractions is also nicely supplemented by using the block.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are many challenges that one might ask; such as:\u003cbr\u003e-\tCan you set up the board so that each row has at least one different block?  How many different ways can you find?\u003cbr\u003e-\tIs there any way to use just a combination of the 1\/3 and 1\/5 blocks to fill a row?\u003cbr\u003e-\tTake 3 different blocks such as 1\/3 and 1\/5 and 1\/8  and string them together.  Can you estimate the length by placing it against the scale on the “1” bar and then use mathematics to find the exact answer?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade in our Hudson, Florida shop.   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Either that means that the wheels have the same circumference, which they don't, or that different circumferences \"unroll\" to the same length, which they can't. \u003cbr\u003eThat can't possibly be right.... The smaller radius can't possibly be equal to the larger one, so what's going on? \u003cbr\u003eTo further illustrate the paradox, I have included a separate copy of the inner wheel.   We know that when attached to the bigger wheel that it turns one rotation to cover the length of the opening starting at the hash mark.  But now take the small wheel and position it at the same starting point and rotate one revolution.... it does not travel the same distance!   Such a dilemma....  Can you explain it??\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis wooden model made in our Hudson Florida shop nicely presents this paradox in a physical format that will likely leave you or friends or students struggling for an explanation.  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Game instructions are included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eShut the Box 1-48 can be used to play 4 versions of Shut the Box:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre-K to grade 2 (ages 4+): Numbers 1-9 using just addition \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrades 3 to 5 (ages 9+): Numbers 1-12 using addition and multiplication \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrades 4 to 7 (ages 10+): Numbers 1-24 using addition \u0026amp; multiplication with simple complex equations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrades 5 to 10 (ages 11+): Numbers 1-48 using all 4 math operations with complex equations \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShut the Box 1-48 was developed by Creative Crafthouse with game rules authored by Dave Janelle\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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Both games in their own right are just fun to play beyond any educational benefits.\u003cbr\u003eThe board set is about 7.5” square x 1.5” deep and made in our Hudson, Florida shop. \u003cbr\u003eMy thanks to Teresa Evans from MakingMathMoreFun.com for allowing us to use these terrific game ideas and convert them to a wood set.  This can be personalized (choose the engraving option) with a name or message.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Factors Game Rules\u003cbr\u003e2 to 4 players.  Each player selects a colored flat marker and places a marker on a start space.\u003cbr\u003ePlayers take turns to throw the dice. \u003cbr\u003eFor each turn a player can move one space but only to an adjacent number that is a multiple of the number thrown on the dice.  For example, if you are on space #5 and you roll a “3”, then you may move to space #9 or space #6 as 3 is a factor of either of these numbers.   You could not move to spaces #10.  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