WOW Game Title: Ice on the Pond
Content Area: Math
TEKS Focus: Multiplication Facts
Physical Education Unit: Cardiovascular
Grade: 3
Resource: National Association for Sport and Physical Education, Tracy Lord
Equipment/Materials: Ice on the Pond Search Sheet, pencils, cones (optional).
Set Up: Have the students find a partner. Each pair has an Ice on the Pond Search Sheet (provided)
and a pencil. Have them line up at one end of the playing area. Students should decide which partner
will run first and which partner will work on the Ice on the Pond Search Sheet.
Activity:
On a signal, one of the students in the pair runs a lap around the playing area. When s/he returns,
then his/her partner runs a lap. While the partner is running a lap, the other partner is using
multiplication and sometimes might need to use addition as well to find the sums of all numbers in
the box below. Students can circle up to three groups of numbers that are neighboring numbers
(side-by-side, up-and-down, or diagonal). A student might need to multiply and then add to get to a
certain sum. If the partner is done circling groups of numbers before the running partner is done, the
partner should do that many push-ups, jumping jacks, curl-ups, or squats.
Variations:
 Have the students do skating motion, skip, gallop, or slide sideways instead of running.
 This game could be played with any academic area by replacing the math focused worksheet
with another academic worksheet.
Review Questions:
Skill focus: Why is running a cardiovascular activity instead of a flexibility activity?
Academic focus: Can you give me a pair of numbers from your sheet that adds up to 24
when you multiply them together?
8
6
1
7
1
1
3
7
1
9
4
1
2
4
1
4
5
Use multiplication and addition and circle neighboring numbers (side-by-side, up-and-down, or
diagonal) to find the sums below. Cross off the numbers in the box below after each number has been
found.
2
16
30
44
58
3
17
31
45
59
4
18
32
46
60
5
19
33
47
61
6
20
34
48
62
7
21
35
49
63
8
22
36
50
64
9
23
37
51
65
10
24
38
52
66
11
25
39
53
67
12
26
40
54
68
13
27
41
55
69
14
28
42
56
70
15
29
43
57