Guess the Angle, Measure and Move! 

Students will assist Agent Angle on the ‘Case of the Missing Degrees’ in our ‘Guess the Angle’ board game—an interactive maths resource designed to sharpen students’ angle recognition skills through hands-on play. Perfect for guided groups or maths stations, this game encourages critical thinking and estimation as students draw angle cards, estimate the angle measure, and check their accuracy with a protractor to advance on the game board. 

With built-in incentives for precision and movement-based action spaces, students stay motivated while reinforcing geometry concepts.  Ideal for upper years classrooms!

This ‘Guess the Angle’ board game includes:

• Game Board
• 36 Game Cards
• Game Pieces
• Spinner
• Recording Sheet
• Answer Key
• Instructions 

Playing Our Estimating Angles Game

With just a bit of preparation, this estimating angles game is ready to go. Print the pieces on cardboard and laminate them to use this resource for years to come!

Prepare

1. Download the resource in the format of your choice. 
2. Print each piece and cut out the game cards and game pieces if needed. 
3. Supply students with a game piece, protractors and a recording sheet.

Play

1. Students each place a game piece on the ‘Start’ space. 
2. The player who has most recently read a mystery goes first. Alternatively, students can use the spinner to decide. 
3. Players take turns, moving counterclockwise around the group.
4. To begin a turn, students draw an angle card and estimate the measure of the angle in degrees, writing their guess on their recording sheet. 
5. Students use a protractor to measure the angle, checking their answer against the answer key. If the estimate was not exact, students cross out their estimate and write the correct angle measure next to it. 
6. Students move their pieces according to this guide.
   1. If their estimate was more than 10 degrees away from the actual measure,the player stays where they were. 
   2. If their estimate was within 10 degrees of the correct answer, the player moves 1 space. 
   3. If their estimate was within 5 degrees of the correct answer, the player moves 2 spaces.
   4. If their estimate was exact, students move 3 spaces.
7. If students land on a picture space, they follow the directions on the key in the middle of the board.
8. Students keep moving around the board until they reach the ‘Finish’ space to close the case.

Download This Angle Estimation Activity

Grabbing your copy of this angle estimation activity is easy! Just click the drop-down arrow on the download button and choose between the Google Slides or PDF versions of this resource. 

This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a teacher and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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