HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 27 at SEAS

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1 HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 27 at SEAS Summer Hurkle and the Hurkle Hiders ran HurkleQuest on the Number Line play-by games for students in the Science, Engineering, and Art by the Sea (SEAS) program at Yaquina Bay Elementary School in Newport, Oregon. We played with SEAS teacher Jody Hanna and her students who will enter grades 1 through 6 in school year SEAS is modeled after the KidSpirit program at Oregon State University and run in partnership with the Lincoln County School District. KidSpirit Youth Programs ( Lincoln County School District Oregon ( There were five SEAS sessions summer June 25-29: Biology July 02-06: Biology July 09-20: Nature & Wildlife July 23-August 03: Chemistry August 06-17: Physics/Engineering SEAS contact person: Jody Hanna (jodester91@hotmail.com) HurkleQuest players learn about whole numbers, natural numbers, the number line, distance on the number line, composite numbers, prime numbers, square numbers, cubic numbers, triangular numbers, factorial numbers, Fibonacci numbers, et cetera, et cetera. They invent search strategies based on "fuzzy feedback" color clues. They learn that MATH IS FUN. And now the story of HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 27, played via by grades 1 6 students at SEAS from to Play together, learn together! HurkleQuest NL Game /11/2007

2 The Hurkle Hiders send an invitation to play. To: The Hurkle Hiders invite you to play HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 27. Hurkle's hiding place is a whole number 0 to 100. Begin by sending four guesses to HurkleHiders@aol.com.. If your first four guesses are 10, 30, 50, and 70, send them like this: Guess #1: 10 Guess #2: 30 Guess #3: 50 Guess #4: 70 When we receive your guesses, we will send a color clue for each guess: RED. VERY HOT, very close to Hurkle's hiding place. ORANGE. HOT, close to Hurkle's hiding place, but not as close as RED. YELLOW. WARM, not as close as RED or ORANGE, but closer than GREEN, BLUE, or VIOLET. GREEN. COOL, not as close as YELLOW, ORANGE, or RED, but closer than BLUE or VIOLET. BLUE. COLD, far from Hurkle's hiding place. VIOLET. VERY COLD, very far from Hurkle's hiding place. Below is a color diagram of Hurkle's neighborhood, not necessarily to the scale that we will use in Game 27. <<<<<<...>>>>>> IMPORTANT HINT!!! If a guess is violet, then it is a distance of 32 or more from Hurkle's hiding place. We use a meter stick as one of our number lines. Every centimeter mark (0 to 100) on the meter stick is a possible Hurkle hiding place. Hurkle will love it if you also use a meter stick as a number line. Hurkle is hiding, wanting to be found! HurkleQuest NL Game /11/2007

3 Five SEAS teams send their Turn 01 guesses. From: We're back and excited to begin our search. We have five teams this time around as our class is bigger. Here are our first guesses. (Our grades are in parentheses) Bob & George (Grades 3&4) Guess #1: 100 Guess #2: 80 Guess #3: 50 Guess #4: 20 George & the other dragons (Grades 1 & 2) Guess #1: 28 Guess #2: 50 Guess #3: 75 Guess #4: 100 Here's hoping for an array of colors! SEAS Hurkle Questers B.J. Macc (Grade 6) Guess #1: 25 Guess #2: 50 Guess #3: 75 Guess #4: 87 Griffin (Grades 4 & 5) Guess #1: 77 Guess #2: 50 Guess #3: 100 Guess #4: 1 Dogs & Dragons (Grades 1 & 2) Guess #1: 10 Guess #2: 40 Guess #3: 50 Guess #4: The Hurkle Hiders respond with the Turn 01 color clues. Subject: HurkleQuest NL Game 27, Turn 01, (SEAS Teams) Ahoy SEAS Hurkle Questers, Welcome to HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 27. Hurkle's hiding place is a whole number 0 to 100. Hurkle loves playing with you! Here are your color clues. A team named Bob & George? Guess #1: 100 Clue: VIOLET Guess #2: 80 Clue: VIOLET Guess #3: 50 Clue: GREEN Guess #4: 20 Clue: BLUE George & the other dragons (Grades1 & 2) Mythological! Guess #1: 28 Clue: GREEN Guess #3: 75 Clue: VIOLET Guess #4: 100 Clue: VIOLET B.J. Macc (Grade 6) Hurkle wonders what B.J. Macc means. Guess #1: 25 Clue: GREEN Guess #3: 75 Clue: VIOLET Guess #4: 87 Clue: VIOLET Griffin (Grades 4 & 5) What does a griffin look like? Guess #1: 77 Clue: VIOLET Guess #3: 100 Clue: VIOLET Guess #4: 1 Clue: VIOLET Dogs & Dragons (Grades 1 & 2) Hurkle: "They got two yellows!" Guess #1: 10 Clue: BLUE Guess #2: 40 Clue: YELLOW Guess #3: 50 Clue: GREEN Guess #4: 41 Clue: YELLOW You hoped for an array of colors. You got four out of six possible colors, including yellow. Good show! HurkleQuest NL Game /11/2007

4 The SEAS teams zoom back with Turn 02 guesses. A yellow for our first turn! We had some excited 1st/2nd graders! Here are our next guesses. Guess #5: 40 Guess #6: 42 Guess #7: 48 Guess #8: 45 Guess #5: 30 Guess #6: 35 Guess #7: 40 Guess #8: 45 Guess #5: 30 Guess #6: 43 Guess #7: 46 Guess #8: 49 Guess #5: 23 Guess #6: 20 Guess #7: 10 Guess #8: 5 Guess #5: 33 Guess #6: 35 Guess #7: 40 Guess #8: 42 Bob & George is named after you, the Hurkle hiders. Some of them were in the last class and didn't want to leave out either one, so they combined them. B.J. Macc is a mix of first initials from their first names. They wanted it to sound like a real name. We so enjoyed our colors! Maybe we'll see an orange this time! The SEAS Hurkle Questers The Hurkle Hiders zap back Turn 02 color clues. Subject: HurkleQuest NL Game 27, Turn 02, (SEAS Teams) Ahoy SEAS hurkle Questers, Lots of yellow, orange, and red guesses. You are homing in on Hurkle's hiding place! Guess #5: 40 Clue: YELLOW Guess #6: 42 Clue: YELLOW Guess #7: 48 Clue: GREEN Guess #8: 45 Clue: GREEN Guess #5: 30 Clue: YELLOW Guess #6: 35 Clue: RED Guess #7: 40 Clue: YELLOW Guess #8: 45 Clue: GREEN Guess #5: 30 Clue: YELLOW Guess #6: 43 Clue: YELLOW Guess #7: 46 Clue: GREEN Guess #8: 49 Clue: GREEN Guess #5: 23 Clue: GREEN Guess #6: 20 Clue: BLUE Guess #7: 10 Clue: BLUE Guess #8: 5 Clue: BLUE Guess #5: 33 Clue: ORANGE Guess #6: 35 Clue: RED Guess #7: 40 Clue: YELLOW Guess #8: 42 Clue: YELLOW You are playing well, SEAS teams. Hurkle eagerly awaits your Turn 03 guesses. HurkleQuest NL Game /11/2007

5 The SEAS teams send their Turn 03 guesses. Yea! We are excited to be so close. Here are our next clues: Guess # 9: 33 Guess #10: 34 Guess #11: 35 Guess #12: 37 Guess # 9: 33 Guess #10: 34 Guess #11: 36 Guess #12: 37 Guess # 9: 26 Guess #10: 29 Guess #11: 36 Guess #12: 34 Guess # 9: 40 Guess #10: 35 Guess #11: 42 Guess #12: 45 Guess # 9: 34 Guess #10: 36 Guess #11: 37 Guess #12: 38 Some think they are going to find Hurkle on this turn! SEAS Hurkle Questers Three teams found Hurkle's hiding place! Subject: HurkleQuest NL Game 27, Turn 03, (SEAS Teams) Ahoy SEAS Hurkle Questers, Huzzah! Three teams found Hurkle's hiding place. Guess # 9: 33 Clue: ORANGE Guess #10: 34 Clue: ORANGE Guess #11: 35 Clue: RED Guess #12: 37 Clue: RED Guess # 9: 40 Clue: YELLOW Guess #10: 35 Clue: RED Guess #11: 42 Clue: YELLOW Guess #12: 45 Clue: GREEN Guess # 9: 33 Clue: ORANGE Guess #10: 34 Clue: ORANGE Guess #11: 36 Clue: HURKLE Guess #12: 37 Clue: RED Guess # 9: 34 Clue: ORANGE Guess #10: 36 Clue: HURKLE Guess #11: 37 Clue: RED Guess #12: 38 Clue: ORANGE Guess # 9: 26 Clue: GREEN Guess #10: 29 Clue: YELLOW Guess #11: 36 Clue: HURKLE Guess #12: 34 Clue: ORANGE Congratulations B.J. Macc, Dogs & Dragons, and Griffin. Hurkle welcomes you to the secret neighborhood and says, "Please keep my hiding place secret. While the other teams are still questing, let's play a bunch of games. Games are the fun way to learn math!" HurkleQuest NL Game /11/2007

6 Two more SEAS teams find Hurkle. A happy ending to Game 27! Our last two groups are excited to find Hurkle! One team still wanted to give four guesses, but the other thought they'd stop with just two :-) Guess #13: 36 Guess #14: 36 Guess #15: 36 Guess #16: 36 Guess #13: 36 Guess #14: 34 SEAS Hurkle Questers Hurkle and the Hurkle Hiders tell about special number 36. Ahoy SEAS Hurkle Questers, Joyful singing and dancing in Hurkle's neighborhood! All SEAS teams have found Hurkle's hiding place. Guess #13: 36 Clue: HURKLE Guess #14: 36 Clue: HURKLE Guess #15: 36 Clue: HURKLE Guess #16: 36 Clue: HURKLE Guess #13: 36 Clue: HURKLE Guess #14: 34 Clue: ORANGE Congratulations, Bob & George and George & Other Dragons. Good play all SEAS teams! Hurkle's hiding place is the special number is a square number. 36 = 6 x 6. Square numbers: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36,... What are the next 4 square numbers? 36 is a triangular number. You can model a triangular number by a triangle of dots. Triangular numbers: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36,... What are the next 2 triangular numbers? Keep learning and having fun at SEAS! The SEAS teams answer the questions and go beyond! Thanks for a great game. We found that the next four square numbers are 49, 64, 81 and 100. The next four triangular numbers are 45, 55, 66 and 78! We had some very clever kids figure out that the interval between triangular numbers increases by one each time. It was an exciting discovery. Thanks for playing. We look forward to our next game. SEAS Hurkle Questers HurkleQuest NL Game /11/2007

7 HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 27: Summary by Team Clues: R = Red, O = Orange, Y = Yellow, G = Green, B = Blue, V = Violet, H = Hurkle Guess #1: 100 Clue: VIOLET Guess #2: 80 Clue: VIOLET Guess #3: 50 Clue: GREEN Guess #4: 20 Clue: BLUE Guess #5: 40 Clue: YELLOW Guess #6: 42 Clue: YELLOW Guess #7: 48 Clue: GREEN Guess #8: 45 Clue: GREEN Guess # 9: 33 Clue: ORANGE Guess #10: 34 Clue: ORANGE Guess #11: 35 Clue: RED Guess #12: 37 Clue: RED Guess #13: 36 Clue: HURKLE!!! Guess #14: 36 Clue: HURKLE!!! Guess #15: 36 Clue: HURKLE!!! Guess #16: 36 Clue: HURKLE!!! Guess #1: 25 Clue: GREEN Guess #3: 75 Clue: VIOLET Guess #4: 87 Clue: VIOLET Guess #5: 30 Clue: YELLOW Guess #6: 35 Clue: RED Guess #7: 40 Clue: YELLOW Guess #8: 45 Clue: GREEN Guess # 9: 33 Clue: ORANGE Guess #10: 34 Clue: ORANGE Guess #11: 36 Clue: HURKLE!!! Guess #12: 37 Clue: RED Guess #1: 10 Clue: BLUE Guess #2: 40 Clue: YELLOW Guess #3: 50 Clue: GREEN Guess #4: 41 Clue: YELLOW Guess #5: 30 Clue: YELLOW Guess #6: 43 Clue: YELLOW Guess #7: 46 Clue: GREEN Guess #8: 49 Clue: GREEN Guess # 9: 26 Clue: GREEN Guess #10: 29 Clue: YELLOW Guess #11: 36 Clue: HURKLE!!! Guess #12: 34 Clue: ORANGE Guess #1: 28 Clue: GREEN Guess #3: 75 Clue: VIOLET Guess #4: 100 Clue: VIOLET Guess #5: 23 Clue: GREEN Guess #6: 20 Clue: BLUE Guess #7: 10 Clue: BLUE Guess #8: 5 Clue: BLUE Guess # 9: 40 Clue: YELLOW Guess #10: 35 Clue: RED Guess #11: 42 Clue: YELLOW Guess #12: 45 Clue: GREEN Guess #13: 36 Clue: HURKLE!!! Guess #14: 34 Clue: ORANGE Guess #1: 77 Clue: VIOLET Guess #3: 100 Clue: VIOLET Guess #4: 1 Clue: VIOLET Guess #5: 33 Clue: ORANGE Guess #6: 35 Clue: RED Guess #7: 40 Clue: YELLOW Guess #8: 42 Clue: YELLOW Guess # 9: 34 Clue: ORANGE Guess #10: 36 Clue: HURKLE!!! Guess #11: 37 Clue: RED Guess #12: 38 Clue: ORANGE HurkleQuest NL Game /11/2007

8 About Hurkle and HurkleQuest In 1973, we invented a simple game called Hurkle and published the first primitive version of Hurkle as a computer game in People's Computer Company, April You can find Hurkle in its original form on the Internet. Do a search using hurkle or hurkle game as the search key. We have invented new versions of Hurkle called HurkleQuest that use colors of the rainbow as "fuzzy feedback" clues. We have played HurkleQuest in classrooms, by USPS mail, and by . We have played on the number line, in 2-dimensional space, on a map of Oregon, and in other spaces. The Hurkle is a happy beast that lives in another galaxy on a planet named Lirht that has three moons. Hurkles are favorite pets of the Gwik, the most intelligent denizens of Lirht. Paraphrased from "The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast," a story by Theodore Sturgeon. The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast Study Guide ( Theodore Sturgeon Wikipedia ( Read the stories of other HurkleQuest games at: ( Curriki ( Search for hurklequest. HurkleQuest players learn about whole numbers, natural numbers, the number line, distance on the number line, composite numbers, prime numbers, square numbers, cubic numbers, triangular numbers, factorial numbers, Fibonacci numbers, et cetera, et cetera. They invent search strategies based on "fuzzy feedback" color clues. They learn that MATH IS FUN. HurkleQuest play-by- games include: HurkleQuest on the Number Line Customized to grade level foundations/standards. HurkleQuest in Composite Number Land Game 01 described here more games Fall HurkleQuest in Prime Number Land Coming Fall HurkleQuest in Quadrant 1 2-D games designed for grade 4 and up, but have HurkleQuest in Quadrants 1, 2, 3, and 4 been played successfully by 2nd graders. HurkleQuest in Oregon Intertwingles math & geography. Play Together Learn Together HurkleQuest NL Game /11/2007