Six Holes of Arachnipod Crossing

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In this Cyberchase activity, learners use the numbers one through six to solve a puzzle. Learners are challenged to arrange spiders, numbered one through six, on a triangle so that each side of the triangle adds up to nine. This puzzle was featured in "The Hacker's Challenge" episode. During this episode the CyberSquad had to solve the puzzle to get through the Arachnipod Crossing. Learners can also use the blank spiders to make a new puzzle. [Activity is publicly available through a web crawler capture on Archive.org.]

Quick Guide

Preparation Time:
Under 5 minutes
Learning Time:
10 to 30 minutes
Estimated Materials Cost:
1 cent - $1 per student
Age Range:
Ages 6 - 11
Resource Type:
Activity
Language:
English

Materials List (per student)

Keywords

Subjects

  • Mathematics
    • Number and Operations
      • Number Systems
      • Operations
  • The Nature of Technology
    • The Design Process
      • Problem Solving

Informal Categories

  • Animals

Audience

To use this activity, learners need to:

  • see
  • read
  • touch

Learning styles supported:

  • Involves hands-on or lab activities

Other

This resource is part of:

Access Rights:

  • Free access

By:

Rights:

  • All rights reserved, THIRTEEN, 2011

Funding Sources:

  • National Science Foundation
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Ernst & Young LLP
  • PBS
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • The Volckhausen Family