SQUARE IT – GAME FOR TWO
Use a dotty grid and take it in turns to claim a point and mark it with your colour. The first person or team to get 4 of their markers at the vertices of a square wins the game.
PEOPLE MATHS – GAME FOR TWO TEAMS
As a team game you can use 16 chairs or 16 markers on the ground. Teams take it in turns to choose a point and a member of the team sits on the chair or stands on the chosen point.
The first team to get 4 of their players at the vertices of a square wins the game.
You will have a better chance of winning if you are aware of all possible squares on the grid. See the ‘How Many Squares’ puzzle.
Click here for the SQUARE IT GAME worksheet with different versions of the game and grids to play on.
Click here for more grids to play on.
Click here for the INCLUSION AND HOME LEARNING GUIDE
Click here for the NOTES FOR TEACHERS
Click here for the SQUARE IT GAME poster.
Click here for the AIMSSEC self help CPD resources on Geoboards.
This activity is adapted from the NRICH task SQUARE IT with permission of the University of Cambridge. All rights reserved.
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