Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving
Chess captivates children. Connect their interest to education with Science, Math, Checkmate, an activity book and teacher resource for grades 3-8. Students learn chess rules and strategies through activities coded to the 32 pawns and pieces on a chessboard. The 16 pawn activities require no chess knowledge, 14 of the piece activities build on students' growing familiarity with chess, and the two king activities challenge budding chess experts. Within the chess activities, students practice...
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Chess captivates children. Connect their interest to education with Science, Math, Checkmate, an activity book and teacher resource for grades 3-8. Students learn chess rules and strategies through activities coded to the 32 pawns and pieces on a chessboard. The 16 pawn activities require no chess knowledge, 14 of the piece activities build on students' growing familiarity with chess, and the two king activities challenge budding chess experts. Within the chess activities, students practice national standards of scientific inquiry and mathematical problem solving. Improved thinking in science, math, and chess are the winning results: Checkmate! The introductory chapter discusses the scientific inquiry and mathematical problem solving standards, explains the coding system for the chess activities, and details what materials should be purchased. Chapters 2 (scientific inquiry), 3 (mathematical problem solving), and 4 (inter-disciplinary) each contain 10-12 activities at different grade and chess levels. The book ends with an appendix of the rules of chess. It includes approximately 100 chess diagrams. Grading rubrics and check lists are offered with each activity to assist teachers in assessing student learning.
Foreword Max Warshauer Warshauer, Max Hiroko Warshauer Warshauer, HirokoCh. 1 The Curriculum Game 1Curriculum Moves 1National Standards 2Ideas and Inspiration 3Chess Equipment and ChessCurricula 6Organization of Science, Math, Checkmate 9Ch. 2 Scientific Inquiry 13Connections to Science Standards 13Physical Properties of Pieces 14Pawn Game 163-on-3 2120 Questions 22Black Box 23Computers and Checkmates 25To e.p. or not to e.p. 26Criteria Challenge 28Chess Models 30The Good Bishop 33Stalemate Surprise 34Ch. 3 Mathematical Problem Solving 37Connections to Math Standards 37Covering the Board: Rooks 38Perimeter and Surface Area of the Board 42Covering the Board: Kings 42Eight Queens 45Balancing Chess Equations 46Pawns, Pieces, Proportions, and Probability 47Practice Producing Polygons 51Chess Players' Stats 55Pick a Pocketful of Pieces 57Mazes and Monsters 58Working Backward 58Transforming Figures 61Ch. 4 Interdisciplinary 65Content Connections 65Learning Chess Pieces 66Map My School on a Board 67The Knights Can't Wait! 69The King's Chessboard 71How to Castle 72Kasparov versus the World 74Know More, Move More! 75Move Order Mystery 76Openings around the World 79Ch. 5 Chess Basics 81Rules of Chess 81Win, Lose, or Draw 85Reading and Writing Chess 87Appendix A Chess Test 89Appendix B Answer Key for Activities 95Appendix C Review of Kasparov and Polgar Curricula 107Glossary 111References 121Index 129
\ From the Publisher". . . Dr. Root gives further encouragement, ideas, plans and support to the classroom teacher."\ -\ Chessville.com\ "Science, Math, Checkmate is a collection of 32 lesson plans designed to provide a practical link between chess instruction and national standards in elementary and middle school math and science instruction, with occasional forays into English and history. It is ground-breaking and valuable precisely because it accomplishes the critical important work described above: it sells chess by tying it to established educational standards."\ -\ Chess Life\ \ \
