Exciting Valentine Math Activities for Students

Ideas for Sensational Valentine Math Activities

You and your students will love these exciting Valentine math activities.

• Cardioid Geometric Constructions –   GeoGebra – click on the box to get started, then check a box and enjoy. The animation shows various ways to graph a cardioid shape.
• Heartbeats per Minute and Body Weight of Different Species – Slow Reveal Graphs – from humming birds to giant blue whales – how does body weight relate to frequency of heartbeats? (free slideshow)
• Unexpected Shapes Part 1– Numberphile – Tadashi Tokieda, Director of Studies in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, shows how to make a valentine from a Mobius strip. (7:35 min total time skip to minute marker 5:10 for valentine)
• Spinning Heart Motor – TheDadLab on Facebook – grab a magnet, battery, and copper wire to twirl your valentine – or just enjoy the video. (2 min)
• Measuring Ingredients for Lollipop Cookies – National Geographic Kids – help students weigh ingredients in grams to make yummy treats for their Valentine (scroll down for PDF).
• Math Valentine Activities – Teachers Pay Teachers – some are free, others are affordable – enjoy.
• Valentine Logic Puzzle – Math Equals Love – make a 3×3 square so that all the images of heart candies match.
• More Valentine Math – UnCommon Core – includes origami and other ideas.

Any of these could be shared with young students. For example, even if they don’t get the math, they will enjoy watching how cardioids are made on GeoGebra. As always, preview the activities to make sure they are a good fit for your students and to plan the best way they could be presented.